Stormers v Glasgow Warriors: Danny Wilson targets two wins in South Africa but expects fierce front-row battle

Danny Wilson says he’s looking for two wins from two from Glasgow Warriors’ mini-tour of South Africa but you suspect the head coach would be delighted to return home with a single victory under his belt.

This is as daunting a mission as Glasgow are likely to face in the URC this season. The Stormers, who Wilson’s side play in Cape Town on Friday, are on a five-game winning run and are breathing down the neck of their third-placed visitors with three rounds remaining of the regular season.

The Bulls, who host the Warriors in Pretoria next week, have not lost to a European side since going down to Edinburgh in October.

Two long-haul flights followed by training sessions in strength-sapping heat are hardly ideal preparations for taking on a team featuring two World Cup-winning props but Wilson was keen to stress the positives as he faced the media ahead of the Stormers match.

“We’re certainly here to win two games of rugby: that’s our goal and that’s what we’re training extremely hard for,” he said.

“We know that this league is so tight at the moment, any points are going to have a major bearing in these last three games.

“We’re here to win two games, but we know how hard a challenge that is, as other sides have shown. I think if we could achieve that we’d be the first to do that, which would be fantastic.”

Glasgow are based in Stellenbosch and trained in temperatures reaching 34 degrees on Wednesday but Wilson reckons it will be a good bit cooler when they take on the Stormers at 6.30pm local time (5.30pm BST).

Glasgow have been buoyed by a solid away win over Newcastle in the Challenge Cup but it took two eight-hour flights to reach South Africa via Dubai.

“The challenges come with being away from home, especially the