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Glasgow knocked out of the European Challenge Cup by Lyon

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(Photo by Chris Lishman/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Glasgow bowed out of the European Challenge Cup at the quarter-final stage after they were beaten 35-27 by Lyon in France.

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The French side will host Wasps in the last four next weekend after tries from Baptiste Couilloud, Romain Taofifenua, and a brace from Georgian wing Davit Niniashvili saw them fight back from 27-13 down to win. Leo Berdeu, and Jean-Marc Doussain also kicked 18 points between them.

Josh McKay and Cole Forbes scored tries for Glasgow with Ross Thompson kicking 10 points.

Glasgow scored the first try against the run of play when McKay hacked the ball forward from just outside his 22 and Ali Price got a toe on the ball ahead of Toby Arnold which allowed McKay to gather and score.

Thompson added the extras before Berdeu knocked over his second penalty to make it 7-6 to the visitors.

Glasgow’s back-line were beginning to find holes in the Lyon defence, which forced the French club to concede numerous penalties, with Thompson knocking over two to extend the Warriors’ lead.

It took some sharp thinking from Couilloud for Lyon to breach Glasgow’s defence. The Warriors were penalised five metres from their own try line, but instead of taking the easy option of three points Couilloud caught the visitors napping by taking a quickly taken penalty to score his 13th try of the season.

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The Scottish club responded on the stroke of half-time with some tremendous passing from Thompson before McKay put Forbes over for a try at the far left-hand corner. Thompson added the extras to give Glasgow a 20-13 lead at the interval.

The visitors turned down two kickable penalties and their bravery got rewarded as they were awarded a penalty try due to Lyon illegally sacking their driving lineout, with outside-half Berdeu sin-binned for his part in collapsing the drive.

But it proved to be Glasgow’s last points of the game. Their numerical advantage only lasted two minutes with prop Jamie Bhatti sent to the sin bin for almost the exact same action as Berdeu.

And Lyon made them pay when giant France lock Taofifenua powered over from short range with Doussain converting.

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The momentum had swung in Lyon’s favour, and they cut Glasgow’s lead to a mere point when Josua Tuisova and Pierre-Louis Barassi combined to release teenage wing Niniashvili who ran in from 45 metres out.

Berdeu kicked Lyon into the lead with 10 minutes remaining, with their pack beginning to dominate Glasgow physically.

And the hosts put the result beyond doubt with a lovely chip over the top from Doussain gathered by Niniashvili to score.

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Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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