Saturday's 1872 Cup clash between Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh has been moved to BT Murrayfield after the pitch at Scotstoun was deemed unplayable.

In a further blow to Glasgow's hopes of winning the cup - they were beaten 23-11 by Edinburgh in the first leg - the deluge of rain brought by Storm Frank has left their home ground unplayable.

It is the second major blow to the sporting card dealt by Storm Frank after Celtic's SPFL Premiership game at Dundee was called off.

Rather than have the Guinness PRO12 fixture called off the Warriors have agreed to return to the capital even though it will give Edinburgh an advantage.

The game will kick off at the same time (5.15pm) and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, and the Warriors said all tickets for the fixture at Scotstoun will be valid, with further ticketing information provided in due course.

Glasgow Warriors managing director Nathan Bombrys said: “We’re disappointed that the game cannot go ahead at Scotstoun as originally planned and all efforts were made to get the game on.

"However, after unprecedented rainfall over the last couple of days we wanted to make an early decision to help our supporters make appropriate plans and ensure the game went ahead this weekend.

"We investigated a number of options, however BT Murrayfield was the only stadium which allowed us to play the game on the same day and time, with a large enough capacity.

"It's not an ideal situation going back to Edinburgh, but we need to get the game played and we'll do everything we can to make this a Glasgow home game.

“We’re working on a travel plan and we will communicate directly with all our supporters who have bought a ticket for this match.

“We would encourage supporters to make the trip to Edinburgh and get behind the team, for what is an extremely important fixture.”