Glasgow furious with late Leinster decision on match postponement

The match was postponed due to a frozen pitch following an 11am inspection at the RDS.

Glasgow are upset they were allowed to fly to Dublin yesterday, saying in a statement: "The Warriors, who travelled to Dublin yesterday, did so on the advice of Leinster officials who expected the game to go ahead as planned.

"A number of travelling fans have also been severely inconvenienced.

"Glasgow Warriors will now be discussing the late cancellation of the fixture with Magners League organisers, Celtic Rugby, as a priority."

Leinster insist they had been confident of the match taking place up until yesterday evening, which saw temperatures fall to minus five degrees overnight and a heavy frost set in, followed by heavy snowfall early this morning.

Chief executive Mick Dawson said on his club's official website, www.leinsterrugby.ie: "Unfortunately, the pitch is unplayable despite a huge amount of effort made by the RDS ground-staff over the last week to get the game played.

"The weather just caught us out in the end because we were confident that it could go ahead up until yesterday evening.

"Following Garda and Health & Safety advice, we had to consider supporters travelling to the game from the far reaches of Leinster and beyond as well as the safety of the players as the roads and pathways around the ground are also treacherous."

Leinster head coach Michael Cheika added: "Obviously, we're disappointed that the game has been called off, but the weather overnight was too cold and there was no choice.

"We would have liked to have played this game before the Brive game next weekend, without a doubt, but we'll take the cards we're dealt and we'll get the best preparation possible under way ahead of that match."