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Glasgow power to opening URC victory over Leinster at Scotstoun
A Glasgow side containing seven members of Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad were pushed all the way by Leinster before eventually securing a bonus-point 43-25 win in round one of the BKT United Rugby Championship.
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Although they were without their own World Cup contingent, the Irish province never fell out of contention until the closing minutes of the game.
Josh McKay, Sebastian Cancelliere, Huw Jones, Angus Fraser, George Horne and Johnny Matthews went over for Glasgow, who were also awarded a penalty try. Tom Jordan converting two of the tries and Horne one.
Jack Boyle, Lee Barron and Tommy O’Brien went over for Ulster with fly-half Harry Byrne kicking two penalties and two conversions.
Patient probing paid off for the Warriors after 12 minutes, when Rory Darge raced through a gap in midfield following a lineout before offloading to McKay. The full-back, making his competitive return after seven months out with a broken foot, finished off unopposed.
Leinster hit back with two Byrne penalties in quick succession, but Cancelliere soon got Glasgow’s second, touching down in the right corner after good work by Gregor Brown.
Leinster then took the game to the home team with an assertive series of drives from the pack, finished off by loosehead prop Boyle to edge Leinster ahead.
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The lead lasted less than three minutes, however. With advantage being played, Glasgow were able to take a chance with a hack ahead from a loose ball. It fell kindly for Jones, who raced clear to claim his team’s third try of the day.
Two minutes later, hooker Fraser secured the try bonus point following a ruck and the half ended with Glasgow 24-13 ahead.
Leinster had better fortune five minutes into the second half, when Barron broke through and scored all too easily from a lineout.
Cancelliere was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on, but the 14 men extended their lead when Horne came off the bench for his 100th Glasgow appearance and within a minute scored in the right corner.
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Leinster’s Liam Turner had a try disallowed for a foot in touch, but with 10 minutes remaining a similar score in the right corner by O’Brien was allowed to stand.
Matthews came off the bench and got the Warriors’ sixth try from close range.
Jordan Larmour was yellow-carded for an offence in the build-up, then Brian Deeny followed him minutes later for collapsing a maul, an offence for which Glasgow were awarded the penalty try which concluded the scoring.
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Big empty stadium does nothing for atmosphere but munster are playing well with solid performance
1 Go to commentsYes, Fiji can win the World Cup! With that belief plus their christian faith🙏 and hard work it is achievable. Great article. Ian Duncan Fiji resident 1981-84
2 Go to commentsInteresting comments about Touch. England’s hosting the Touch World Cup this year and the numbers have exploded since their last World Cup in 2019, something like 70% more teams and 40 nations taking part. And England Touch have made a big thing about how many universities are in their BUCS University Touch Championship as well as Sport England membership. Can only see this growing even more domestically as more people become aware of it
10 Go to comments“Cortez Ratima is light years ahead of anyone on current form, while TJ Perenara has also skyrocketed into contention following the unfortunate injury to the talented Cam Roigard.” At last some sanity. Hitherto so many pundits have been wittering on about Finlay Christie to the point one wondered if they were observing a FC in a parallel universe where the FC they saw wasnt just the mediocre Shayne Philpott project of Fosters hapless AB reign in the real world. Ratima, Perenara and Fakatava are the ONLY logical 9s for Razor now Roigard is crocked.
2 Go to commentsThis game was just as painful as the Hurricanes game. It was real fork-in-the-eye stuff.
2 Go to commentsNow if they could just fire the Crusaders ground PA guy who likes to play his dance music and just loves the sound of his own voice the entire game, even when play is going on. And I thought their brass band thing of a few years ago was bad.
5 Go to commentsUnfortunately when you lose by far the two form players this season in Roigard and Aumua, you're left replacing two game changing Tanks with a couple of pea-shooters. Which is also about the speed of TJs pass.
2 Go to commentsBit rich coming from the guy with zero loyalty to anyone or any team, including happily taking a players place in a league world cup squad because well, SBW wanted to play in it and thus an already named player got told he was no longer going. And airing stuff like this, which may or may not be true, doesn't exactly say you're a stand up guy either SBW. Just looking to keep his name in lights as usual.
38 Go to commentsTamati Tua. …the Taniwha NPC midfielder. Ollie Sapsford, Hawkes Bay NPC midfielder…doing well
2 Go to commentsFiji deserve to be in the rugby championship, fans love seeing the Fijian national team play, the Fijian Drua is a wonderful idea but the players can still be stolen to play for NZ and AUS…
2 Go to commentsThe first concern for this afternoon are wheather forecast…
1 Go to commentsWhy cant I watch Rugby games please?
1 Go to commentsBeautiful shot from Finau, end of story. Gutted for Shaun Stevenson though.
4 Go to commentsThe Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
1 Go to commentsWasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
4 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
4 Go to commentsBig difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
5 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
34 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
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