Can Glasgow go all the way in Europe?

BBC Scotland’s chief sportswriter Tom English has been answering your Scottish rugby questions.

Steven asked: How far off do you think Edinburgh are from clicking into a consistent team? It seems motivation is possibly an issue with their best performances being when against a wall?

Tom answered: They’re three points off fourth place in the URC but only four points off 12th place. Will they move up the table from here or down the table? My honest answer is that I don’t know. Edinburgh should be in the top eight every season. Their squad and their budget demand it. But I can’t trust them.

They do things on the pitch that only very good teams do, but then they do other things that very good teams would never do. They’re just maddening.

Consistency? I think they’re totally capable of stringing wins together and powering into the URC play-offs while doing something in Europe, but I’ll only believe it when I see it. I won’t make any predictions for Edinburgh.

Alan asked: Do Glasgow have the squad to go far in this year’s Champions Cup? After their URC title win, do they have the winning mentality to challenge Leinster and the powerful French teams?

Tom answered: It’s not just Leinster and the big French teams they have to contend with in Europe, it’s also the big beasts in South Africa. The Sharks squad is unreal. If they click then I can see them going very close to winning it.

There are tiers in Europe. Toulouse, La Rochelle and Leinster would be tier one. Glasgow would be in tier two. I expect them to go well this year on both fronts. They’re already in good position in the URC.

Glasgow at their best would give anybody a game. And if that game happens to be in Glasgow then you’d almost make them favourites, even against the biggest hitters.

They’re incredibly physical and incredibly resilient. They have a magnificent backline and they’re in the ‘dark horse’ category in terms of winning the Champions Cup. No other team – Toulouse included – is going to want to play a fired-up Glasgow.