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

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Warriors' Josh McKay scores his side's fifth try during a BKT United Rugby Championship match between Glasgow Warriors and Vodacom Bulls at Scotstoun Stadium, on October 08, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)

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.

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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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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JWH 38 minutes ago
Are the All Blacks doomed to a 70% flatline?

Interesting take, crazy to see the amount of delulu NZ fans here. I am an NZ fan, but this is atrocious.


I am fine with 75%+, in fact I think that is excellent, but the main point of anguish is not IF we win or lose, it is how. I think that Razor has finally got us playing to our identity again; flowing, simple, and brutally decisive & efficient.


There are certainly some issues that the stats reflect, like the scrum and lineout. However, at scrum time, there isn't really much variation, in terms of attack, you can put on that. So at the end of the day, not much to do differently apart from 'scrum better'.


However, the lineout is quite interesting. As Ryan said earlier this week, the ABs have added a lot of depth and combinations to their lineout, with FOUR lineout options (Barrett, Vaai, Savea, Sititi). While they did only retain 80% possession from lineouts (not great), the stat line is actually 12/15, which is pretty good, considering Aumua did all those lineout with limited experience and tiredness after playing 75 minutes at Twickenham.


There are also some really good stats to back up the ABs. They managed to stay out of their own 22 for a lot of the game, however they also didn't set up camp in the opp 22 often either. They are also passing the ball a lot, clocking in at 211 passes, double that of England. These stats show a return to attacking, flowing rugby, and not playing your own 22, which is the ABs style.


What I think Razor wants to do is make effective use of draw and pass, simple rugby. This can be pre or post contact, but you have to draw more than 1 player. For example, that Sititi offload to Telea, or BB to Jordan. Those were excellent, yet overall simple passages of rugby This can be risky at times (just watch DMac play), but it is a medium risk high reward gameplan.


What we Kiwis want is exciting rugby. We want hard defense, big hits, cool plays, and quick linebreaks. I cannot imagine being an SA fan between 2018-2021, which was one of the most boring rugby teams of all time (respectfully). I also cannot imagine being an England fan right now, so dull. But the ABs are making rugby exciting again, playing like Scotland and Fiji, but better.

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