'I just instinctively threw the arm up, then realised 'jeez I haven't put it down yet'

Josh McKay was thrilled to score a try on his long-awaited return from injury as Glasgow put Bulls to the sword in Saturday’s United Rugby Championship clash at Scotstoun.

After four months out following surgery in the summer, the full-back marked his comeback with his side’s fifth touchdown in an emphatic 35-21 victory over the South Africans.

“As soon as I got over the line, I just instinctively threw the arm up, then realised ‘jeez I haven’t put it down yet’!” he told Glasgow’s website.

“If you wanted to know how excited I was to be back in the black jersey again, though, that was just a snapshot of what this club means to me.”

“I’m absolutely stoked to be back out there finally. I honestly can’t put into words how much it means. I was absolutely loving it.

“I want to give a massive shout out to the medical team – they’ve done a bloody good job over the last four months to get me back fully fit and ready to go.”

Saturday’s victory allows Glasgow to fly out to South Africa this week in buoyant mood ahead of their upcoming matches away to the Sharks and the Lions.

“We’re stoked to put in a performance like that in front of our fans, especially against a team like the Bulls,” said McKay. “We know we can still be a lot better – we left a few chances out there and we could really have put them away in the second half.

“That’ll be a good work-on for us in the next week before we go to South Africa, but we’ve shown we can front up physically with the biggest team in the league. Now we just need to go out there and back it up again.

“We’re going down to South Africa to play some footy. We want to put in a couple of performances like that one, and if we do that then we’ll come home happy.