That was a great chance of a try for Leinster! James Lowe's kicks bounces into Jordan Larmour's hands and he races through. He passes to Johnny Sexton but the Leinster's captain's pop goes to deck.

Well then, Johnny Sexton skews his penalty wide. It was about 40m out but in front of the posts. You'd expect him to get that one!

There's the first penalty, and it goes Leinster's way. Fraser Brown pinged for not releasing the tackler.

This is kickable.

Both sides are kicking a lot of ball, mostly due to the conditions. Glasgow are edging it in that department so far.

This is breathless! Kyle Steyn is stripped of the ball by Leinster wing James Lowe and the Irish side clear. After some ping pong with the boot it's back down Leinster's end and Lowe blasts it into touch.

3 minutes without the ball going out there.

Glasgow are in the Leinster 22, Stuart Hogg makes a short break before being hauled down.

And we're underway in front of the biggest crowd ever at a Pro14 final!

Nigel Owens is the referee, by the way.

The players are in the tunnel. Leinster captain Johnny Sexton has that familiar steely, focussed stare on his face.

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Former Scotland Sevens captain on BBC Radio Scotland

Glasgow head coach Dave Rennie isn't too concerned that the conditions will put them off their attacking game.

"It's a bit slippery underfoot so we'll probably kick a bit more but we'll back our skill set and when it's on to play, we'll play," he told BBC Scotland's Sportsound.

"We've talked all week about winning the kicking battle, and the conditions make that all the more important."

In terms of the hype of the occasion today Rennie said: "You can't ignore it. But we've not done things a lot different to previous weeks. It's a big day and there's a big prize at the end of it but it's important not to get too far ahead."

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Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland

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Former Scotland Sevens captain on BBC Radio Scotland

There could be a few tears shed after this game, which will be Stuart Hogg's last in a Glasgow shirt after a nine-year spell with the club.

He's gone from exciting prospect to one of Scottish Rugby's greatest ever players during his time at the club, and he'll move on to Exeter Chiefs next season.

Dave Rennie says they've had to calm him down in training this week as he 'went berserk', such is his determination to go out on a high. We'll soon see if it's tears of despair or joy for the Scotland full-back at full-time.

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Leinster are rightly considered favourites for this match, but Glasgow do have the template to beat the defending champions after their 39-24 triumph in Dublin last month.

All eight of the Warriors pack that day (barring Chris Fusaro, who was injured very early on and replaced by Adam Ashe, who made 33 tackles) made over 20 tackles, with Jonny Gray posting an astonishing tournament-best of 43, missing none.

Despite all those hits, Leinster still scored four tries. You'd suspect it's going to take another monstrous defensive performance for Glasgow to win here tonight.

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Saracens had Leinster's number in this year's Champions Cup final a fortnight ago. It was a brutally attritional game, and was swiftly followed by their Pro14 semi-final win over Munster, another bruiser of a contest.

Naturally, matches of such magnitude take an immense toll on minds as well as bodies. Can they rally again to clinch another Pro14 title?

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Pounding from Saracens in the Champions Cup quarter-final aside, Glasgow have been in irresistible form since the end of January. A win today would make it 10 Pro14 wins on the spin.

Dave Rennie spoke of the squad's 'embarrassment' after the Saracens defeat and they've responded pretty well since, winning their next four games scoring a total of 153 points in the process. Can they continue in the same vein?

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I'm pretty sure Leinster's squad do their gym work by just lifting trophies. In the last six years, they have won three European trophies and three league titles. Last season, they did the double, claiming the Champions Cup and Pro14 crowns.

They've already missed out on the Champions Cup this year after losing to Saracens in the final this month. It would be inconceivable for them to finish this season without silverware.

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There was a bit of a 'was he? wasn't he?' stooshie about whether Johnny Sexton had been dropped for Leinster's semi-final last week, as he started on the bench with Ross Byrne at fly-half.

Head coach Leo Cullen categorically said the British and Irish Lions 10 wasn't dropped, but Sexton certainly didn't enjoy his rest and appeared extremely fired up when he came on in the second half.

Anyway, he's back today and you suspect he'll have a big hand in any Leinster success this evening.

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