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Drama unfolds as historic Hampden Park derby delivers

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 22: Glasgow Warriors' Huw Jones celebrates with Johnny Matthews and Sebastian Cancelliere after scoring Warriors' second try of the game during a United Rugby Championship match Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby at Hampden Park, on December 22, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)

Johnny Matthews recorded a brace as Glasgow scored five tries in a 33-14 victory over rivals Edinburgh in the first leg of the 1872 Cup at Hampden.

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This was the first rugby match to be played at Scotland’s national football stadium for 20 years.

And it was Warriors who thoroughly dominated much of the United Rugby Championship match in front of almost 28,000 spectators, ahead of the return leg at Murrayfield next Saturday.

It was the home side who stole an early march when the maul drove over Matthews for a try converted by George Horne.

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored
3.3
10
Entries
Avg. Points Scored
2.8
5
Entries

Edinburgh were then temporarily reduced to 14 men when Pierre Schoeman lowered his shoulder into Gregor Brown’s head and was shown a yellow card.

Glasgow were quick to take advantage of the extra player when Tom Jordan burst clear after spotting a gap in the opposing defence to set up Huw Jones, who dotted down under the posts before Horne again converted.

Warriors were coping far better with the blustery wind and slippery underfoot conditions and their pack drove Matthews in for his second try of the match and his team’s third, with Horne again flawless with the conversion.

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Edinburgh were creating nothing as an attacking force and ill-discipline let them down again when Marshall Sykes grabbed Kyle Rowe around the neck and was shown a yellow card.

When the visitors did finally gain an entry into the Glasgow 22, their maul was held up before Ali Price was pinged for not releasing.

The second half opened in the same fashion as the first as Warriors claimed their fourth try, just two minutes after the restart and the URC bonus point with it.

This time it was Kyle Steyn who scored, the Glasgow captain taking a looping pass wide from Sione Tuipulotu to run down the line unimpeded. Horne, from wide on the touchline, failed to make a difficult conversion.

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Match Summary

0
Penalty Goals
0
5
Tries
2
4
Conversions
2
0
Drop Goals
0
130
Carries
100
8
Line Breaks
2
11
Turnovers Lost
12
4
Turnovers Won
4

Little had been seen of Duhan Van Der Merwe on the occasion of his 100th Edinburgh appearance but the Scotland winger then showed what he was capable of with a rampaging run deep into the Glasgow 22.

When Van Der Merwe was held up, the offload fell nicely to Price but the former Glasgow scrum-half could not control the ball and knocked on.

Glasgow landed their fifth score when Jamie Dobie exchanged passes with Scott Cummings before darting over the line, with Horne adding the extras.

Edinburgh looked in danger of being shut out but claimed the first of two consolation tries late in the contest when Boan Venter burrowed over and Ben Healy converted.

Patrick Schickerling was shown a late yellow card for Glasgow before Venter scored again to make the scoreline a shade more respectable.

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Players like Prendergast and Finn Smith already have a few seasons at top club level under their belt and are now test players, at an age when NZ players make their debuts in SR.

That’s just a difference in standards. You’re confusing SR for being their local domestic comps, where it’s more accurately comparable to Champions Cup, apart from that teams are happy to throw games as it’s in a bit of a limbo in terms of importance atm.


All these kids have been playing for a comparable NPC team for years now. Sam is no where near ready for tests but he has a great temperament, much like Sextons, that makes it a good choice to speed up his development. He wasn’t even a comparable Super Rugby starter before playing for Ireland, so not a great comparison.


Fin would be much better example, but then England don’t have 3 world class Test tens in front of him (not that I’d put Beauden their but obviously in terms of young NZ players chances, he is). Would he otherwise have debuted at the same age as Fergus Burke (injury and leaving withstanding), around 24, a couple of years later? England also aren’t as pedantic to who they give jerseys to, in NZ a test jersey is very hard earned for the most part.


In general I think the effects are as you say, but the only difference is the money involved, as you yourself said, their paths are just as all over the show being loaned out playing for clubs etc. My solution to that, and what you perceive as the problem, would be to introduce university football that utilitizes the large investment they have into high performance sport.

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