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Glasgow get the better of Benetton on wet night at Scotstoun

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Glasgow overcame the rain and some determined opposition to pick up a hard-fought 13-3 victory over Benetton which lifts them to second in the United Rugby Championship table.

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They will drop back down to third if Ulster get a result at the Dragons on Sunday, but Danny Wilson’s side have now won five URC matches on the bounce – the last three without their front-line internationals.

The first half was a cagey affair. An early exchange of penalties between Glasgow’s Domingo Miotti and Tomas Albornoz of Benetton made it 3-3 with just six minutes played.

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Home winger Rufus McLean thought he had claimed the first try of the match when he hacked a loose ball into the in-goal area and then outstripped Benetton’s cover defence.

But referee Frank Murphy viewed the video replay and decided that the ball had not been properly grounded.

Warriors kept their foot on the gas, and full-back Ollie Smith showed McLean – his flatmate – how to finish off a try a few minutes later, showing impressive strength to shrug off three tackles on his way to the line. Miotti could not manage the conversion.

Smith threatened again for the hosts when he broke from deep, but he was tackled before he managed to release the support runners on both his left and right, so the chance was lost.

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Benetton dominated possession and territory during the final 10 minutes of the first half without really putting Warriors under real pressure.

The closest they got to scoring during that period was an audacious drop-goal attempt from halfway by winger Rhyno Smith which floated to the left of the posts.

Warriors claimed their second try of the match when Jack Dempsey muscled over just before the hour mark, five minutes after an excellent kick into the corner by replacement stand-off Ross Thompson had put the home side on the front foot.

With rain teeming down conditions were tough, and both teams struggled to assert themselves in an attacking sense.

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Warriors had more control and enjoyed another lengthy spell in their opponents’ 22, but they could not make it count any further on the scoreboard.

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J 1047 days ago

nice photo, with 3 players at least who were not playing

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JW 4 hours ago
The Fergus Burke test and rugby's free market

Of course not, but were not going to base our reasoning on what is said in one comment in a particular scenario and time, are we?


Actually, you are? Seriously?

Although Burke readily admits “I am driven by international rugby”, his final destination is still unknown. He could be one day replacing Finn Russell in the navy blue of Scotland, or challenging Marcus Smith for the right to wear a red rose on his chest, or cycling all the way home to the silver fern. It is all ‘Professor Plum in the billiards room with the lead pipe’ type guesswork, as things stand.

You yourself suggested it? Just theoretically? Look I hope Burke does well, but he's not really a player that has got a lot of attention, you've probably read/heard more him in this last few months than we have in his 4 years. Your own comments also suggest going overseas is a good idea to push ones case for national selection, especially for a team like NZ being so isolated. So i'll ask again, as no of your quotes obviously say one thing or the other, why don't you think he might be trying to advance his case like Leicester did?


Also, you can look at Leicesters statements in a similar fashion, where no doubt you are referring to his comments made while in NZ (still playing a big part of the WC campaign in his case). You should be no means have taken them for granted, and I'd suggest any other coach or management and he might not have returned (been wanted back).

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