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Glasgow win again, Leinster thrash the Dragons

Glasgow Warriors’ Ali Price

Ali Price scored two tries and Adam Hastings contributed 22 points as Glasgow Warriors beat the Cheetahs 52-24 to secure their third straight win at the start of the Pro14 season.

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The Warriors are the only team to have won each of their opening three fixtures, though they had to come from behind to maintain their 100 per cent record having trailed 19-14 at the interval.

Glasgow scored seven tries in total, all of which were converted by Hastings, who was the first Warriors player to cross and also booted over a penalty in a fine all-round display.

Tommy Seymour, DTH van der Merwe, Callum Gibbins and George Horne were the others to go over for a Glasgow side that took advantage of Malcolm Jaer’s yellow card early in the second half.

Leinster also scored seven tries as the returning Johnny Sexton and Rob Kearney helped them overcome the Dragons 52-10.

Of those points, 35 were scored in the second half, with scum-half Jamison Gibson-Park contributing two tries.

Cardiff Blues threw away a three-try lead as Zebre claimed a dramatic 26-24 victory to leave the Welsh region still winless.

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Olly Robinson, Kristian Dacey and Gareth Anscombe all touched down inside the first 11 minutes and Zebre only went ahead for the first time all night when Oliviero Fabiani crossed in the final stages.

The Scarlets handed Benetton Treviso their first defeat of the campaign, with a 38-29 success that was achieved against a team who played with a one-man disadvantage for nearly an hour.

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cw 1 hour ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Thanks JW for clarifying your point and totally agree. The ABs are still trying to find their mojo” - that spark of power that binds and defines them. Man the Boks certainly found theirs in Wellington! But I think it cannot be far off for ABs - my comment about two coaches was a bit glib. The key point for me is that they need first a coach or coaches that can unlock that power and for me that starts at getting the set piece right and especially the scrum and second a coach that can simplify the game plans. I am fortified in this view by NBs comment that most of the ABs tries come from the scrum or lineout - this is the structured power game we have been seeing all year. But it cannot work while the scrum is backpeddling. That has to be fixed ASAP if Robertson is going to stick to this formula. I also think it is too late in the cycle to reverse course and revert to a game based on speed and continuity. The second is just as important - keep it simple! Complex movements that require 196 cm 144 kg props to run around like 95kg flankers is never going to work over a sustained period. The 2024 Blues showed what a powerful yet simple formula can do. The 2025 Blues, with Beauden at 10 tried to be more expansive / complicated - and struggled for most of the season.

I also think that the split bench needs to reflect the game they “want” to play not follow some rote formula. For example the ABs impact bench has the biggest front row in the World with two props 195cm / 140 kg plus. But that bulk cannot succeed without the right power based second row (7, 4, 5, 6). That bulk becomes a disadvantage if they don’t have a rock solid base behind them - as both Boks showed at Eden Park and the English in London. Fresh powerful legs need to come on with them - thats why we need a 6-2 bench. And teams with this split can have players focused only on 40 minutes max of super high intensity play. Hence Robertson needs to design his team to accord with these basic physics.



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