Glasgow hold Benetton to goose-egg in bonus-point win at Scotstoun
Glasgow were convincing winners in a 37-0 bonus-point victory over a disappointingly flat Benetton at Scotstoun, despite being without their Scotland contingent.
Not only did Warriors score six good tries, they did not allow their opponents to trouble the scoreboard.
Sione Vailanu crossed twice for Glasgow, while Sebastian Cancelliere, Stafford McDowall, Fraser Brown and Rufus McLean also got on the scoresheet, while Domingo Miotti kicked seven points.
The hosts started brightly and took a 10th-minute lead when new boy Vailanu – making his first start and home debut – scooped the ball from the base of an unguarded ruck near halfway and spotted a yawning gap he was happy to charge through.
Only Giacomo Da Re stood in his way and the diminutive Italian fly-half was easily despatched with a pronounced dummy, with the giant Tongan number eight raising his arm in triumph as he crossed the line.
Warriors struggled to kick on, but Miotti added a ruck penalty from directly in front of the posts just before the half-hour mark and the home side finally clicked back into gear just before half-time with two tries in quick succession.
Cancelliere made the most of a cute chip over the top by Jamie Dobie, and McDowall crossed following a break from deep by Josh McKay.
That second try was scored while Benetton full-back Rhyno Smith was in the sin bin for a late tackle on Miotti in the lead-up to Cancelliere’s try.
Within moments of his return to the field, the visitors were down to 14 men again. This time replacement prop Thomas Gallo was sent to the cooler for riding up the side of a Warriors maul.
Glasgow kicked to the corner again and claimed the bonus-point try through hooker Brown off the back of yet another line-out drive.
They then repeated the trick nine minutes later, with Vailanu adding the final touch on this occasion.
It looked like Cancelliere had claimed his brace a few moments later, but the TMO ruled there had been a forward pass during the build-up.
That elusive sixth try eventually arrived when McLean managed to gather his own hack ahead – only after it had bounced awkwardly between his legs – and flop over the line.
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One that will start to come up from now on is penalties for back pushes during kick chase scrambles. Very difficult to detect. In Croke Park if you replay the Hendy NH try, you will see Furbank push Porter in the back, who collides with Larmour knocking the ball across into Hendy’s path to dot down. A more significant example was in the RWC QTR final where Arendse pushes Fickou into two other French players for the ball to spill into Arendse’s path for him to gather and run in to score SAs first try. Not cheating if you are not caught and very difficult to spot but with kicking becoming so critical I feel its an area that will referreeed/TMO-ed more.
3 Go to commentsWhat a pathetic little twit Andy Goode is, as if we care what he thinks…..😂
114 Go to commentsFoxy has been a wonderful player for the Scarlets and Wales.
1 Go to commentsNika the Georgian is the best referee in the world at the moment. Luckily we will be spared the shite SH refs and Barnes will hopefully remain retired given how shite and embarrassing he was at the RWC.
3 Go to commentsThis is the most exciting game of the summer imo, as we really won’t know in advance how both teams are going to play. - Will Robertson just reproduce his Crusaders tactics from last year, or will there be a conscious effort to borrow from the Hurricanes and Blues, and from the aspects of the ABs world cup strategy that worked well? - England under Borthwick have put in some good performances playing attacking rugby, and some good performances playing kick-oriented defensive rugby. Will Borthwick try to merge them together into a single all-court game, or will he continue switching between different approaches depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition?
1 Go to commentsI’m predicting an aggregate points difference of no more than +/-10pts across both matches this series.
1 Go to commentsI’m predicting an aggregate points difference of no more than +/-10pts across both matches this series.
9 Go to commentsFinals are always tense affairs for the players so I do not expect this to be a spectacle of running rugby unfortunately.
3 Go to commentsBulls***': Ex-England international calls out Eben Etzebeth… Not to his face but from very far away… after he’d left. Checked to make sure he wasn’t in the building.
114 Go to commentsHopefully this will mean a new Auckland league team to support in the west. Big Warriors fan but it’s very, very stale on that front and I’d like the option of another team if it was to watch league again. League needs to step up BIG time if its to get anywhere, another AK team and something from the capitol or south is a must for the game.
3 Go to commentsGood, deep interview, nice job Frankie!
1 Go to commentsNRL players don’t have anywhere near the number of Tests. Some people would be happy having Rest Homes full if 40 yo ex-players walking, or hobbling more like it, into walls. It’s just a game!
4 Go to commentsNOW Razor is worried about ABs getting injured or overplayed! Didn’t bother him last year. He happily played his AB Crusaders.
4 Go to commentsWhat is the World Rugby U20 players born year.
2 Go to commentsMuch like the Chiefs finally gave up waiting for Atu Moli to ever not be injured, you have to wonder if the Chiefs and Crusaders will let Josh Lord and Ethan Blackadder go next season. They’re being well paid to sit in the injury ward every year. Better off putting those funds towards someone who might actually play.
7 Go to commentsShowed better basic skills than some nz Super sides, who probably would have botched some of those backline moves. This tournament really is too short though. Needs more teams, or have them play two rounds to properly prepare them for the near full-time NH U20 sides.
4 Go to commentsGood grief it’s only six months. Probably just upset it’s not an established kiwi entering their prime they can “project” into green to join the rest.
3 Go to commentsGood player but far from being best in the world. That's an exaggeration. Perhaps Best in world by Northern Hemisphere standards and biasis but certainly not Southern Hemi standards
3 Go to commentsWell one thing about World Cup knock out rounds and Ireland is very clear: they won’t be getting ahead of themselves in ‘27! Because making it beyond the QF is well and truly ‘IN THEIR HEADS’ now…😉
114 Go to commentsHas this guy been dope tested? Sounds like a case of “roid rage”.
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