Glasgow's existence as a professional club began modestly in comparison to the powerhouse that we know today - first as Glasgow Rugby, a brief hiatus as Glasgow Caledonians, before becoming Glasgow Warriors in 2005.
They lost out to eventual champions Leinster in the semi-final of the Celtic League's inaugural season and lost a quarter final to Ulster in 2003, but were nowhere near as prominent as the side we know today.
Eleven of Vern Cotter's 23 to face Ireland were Glasgow Warriors. Under former Scotland playmaker Gregor Townsend, Glasgow have become a champion for Scottish youth.
The Warriors made significant progress under Sean Lineen, but Townsend's appointment proved a watershed moment. In his three seasons in charge, Townsend's men have finished third, second and first.
Gregor the great:
Mercurial former Border Reivers and Scotland stand-off Townsend took over from Sean Lineen in 2012-13, inheriting a side which had finished fourth in the previous year's league.
In recent years, Mark Bennett, Finn Russell, Peter Horne, Johnny Gray and Stuart Hogg have all cut their teeth in the GUINNESS PRO12 before becoming part of Cotter's brave new Scottish international world.
And with prospects Zander Fagerson, Alex Allan and Fergus Scott in the pipeline, the future looks bright for the Warriors.
Under Townsend Glasgow have become - at their best - one of the league's most dominant sides, combining youthful Scottish vigour in Hogg and Russell, with wise old heads in Sean Lamont and Mike Blair, and shrewdly acquired foreign players like Leone Nakarawa and Sila Puafisi.
Although Townsend's men currently sit sixth in the GUINNESS PRO12, they do have a game in hand and have won their last four fixtures against Leinster, Munster, Cardiff Blues and Newport Gwent Dragons, showing signs of emerging from the stupor induced by Scotland's World Cup exit to threaten again at the business end of the league.
Greatest Season, 2014/15 - champions at last:
The Scotstoun side only lost five games in the GUINNESS PRO12 league, winning 16 and drawing one - despite losing a huge contingent to international duty in the autumn and during the Six Nations.
Glasgow banished memories of their 2014 final loss to Leinster on the opening day of the season. Josh Strauss, Horne and Gray all went over for Townsend's men, with Hogg striking a last minute penalty to clinch victory and set the season's tone.
Their title credentials were laid out as the Warriors won 13 of their first 15 games and despite a mini-dip in losing to Munster and drawing with Leinster in a 34-34 thriller, they were resurgent again as the season reached its climax.
Townsend's men had lost to Leinster three years running in the GUINNESS PRO12 play-offs, but they at last ended their Irish hoodoo when they squeaked past Ulster at Scotstoun with a 75th minute DTH Van der Merwe try before winning emphatically against Munster at the Kingspan Stadium in the final.
Leone Nakarawa was a man possessed against Munster. Known for his outrageous off-loads, everything went to hand for Nakarawa, while he combined his subtle hands with a fearsome power game, leaving Munster's defensive line in tatters.
Rob Harley, Henry Pyrgos, Finn Russell and DTH Van der Merwe all scored as Glasgow became Scotland's first ever Celtic League champions with a 31-13 victory.
Greatest XV:
15. Stuart Hogg
Dazzling feet, an eye for the try-line and becoming a real leader for club and country. Hardened on the streets of Hawick, he sees things others do not.
14. DTH Van der Merwe
With 35 GUINNESS PRO12 tries, he is Glasgow Warriors' top try scorer and nudges ahead of Tommy Seymour for that reason. The Canadian international was extremely powerful before joining the Scarlets this season.
13. Mark Bennett
Bennett has the potential to be a great for Glasgow and Scotland. Strong, quick and intelligent. Scotland struggled for so long to find a centre capable of unlocking a world-class defence, in Bennett they have found their man at last.
12. Alex Dunbar
Constantly underrated. The perfect foil to Bennett. He is strong over the ball and destructive in attack, he is a rock in defence and his absence is always conspicuous.
11. Kenny Logan
Played only a handful of games for Glasgow, but the Scottish legend edges the spot because he offers a goal-kicking option and was always a man for the big occasion. Tommy Seymour will retire as a Glasgow great.
10. Finn Russell
The most gifted Scottish playmaker since Townsend. He has flourished under the former Montpellier man's guidance and managed to ignite his back-division for both Scotland and Glasgow Warriors. Duncan Weir is an able understudy.
9. Andy Nicol
Captain for that famous Scottish 19-13 victory over England in 2000, Nicol was part of the Glasgow side that reached the semi-finals of the first Celtic League.
8. Josh Strauss
Strauss is a phenomenal leader and a terrific ball carrier. Throughout 2014 and 2015 he was a constant source of go-forward, filling in as captain when Alastair Kellock was left among the replacements.
7. John Barclay
Barclay played the vast majority of his club career with the Warriors, enduring hard times before reaching three semi-finals in 2010, 2012 and 2013. A natural fetcher, he was the perfect foil to Johnnie Beattie before he left for Castres.
6. Jason White
Few made earth-shuddering tackles as frequently as White in his pomp. He rarely left the field without a trail of wreckage in his wake and along with Nicol, helped Glasgow to a maiden semi-final in 2002.
5. Jonny Gray (c)
Warriors' youngest ever captain, Gray rarely has a bad game. In 2015 he made 227 tackles for Scotland, missing just six. He displaced Kellock in the Warriors side for the 2015 title-winning season and took over as club captain a year later. He is surely a future Scotland captain too and could retire as one of Scotland's greatest-ever forward.
4. Leone Nakarawa
Kellock is unlucky to miss out, but Nakarawa could have single-handedly won the GUINNESS PRO12 final in 2015. He has the off-loading game, power in the tackle and trickery you would expect of a Fijian international, but it is not at the expense of steel in the set-piece.
3. Euan Murray
For a period, Murray was the best scrummaging tight-head in Britain - if not the world. After spending the first eight years of his professional career with Glasgow, he returned last year and helped them to their maiden title.
2. Gordon Bulloch
Powerful in the scrum, potent in the loose, he set the mould for modern-day hookers with his versatility. A figurehead for Glasgow, Scotland and has Lions caps to his name.
1. Gordon Reid
Reid may have the skinniest legs of any prop currently playing international rugby, but that does not stop him carrying hard, scrummaging well and bringing the sort of enthusiasm to Scottish rugby that almost guided them to a World Cup win over Australia at Twickenham. He displaced Ryan Grant as Glasgow's first-choice loosehead last year and is going from strength-to-strength.
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