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'I just instinctively threw the arm up, then realised 'jeez I haven't put it down yet'
By PA
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.
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SCW really dislikes Eddie, doesn't he?
His words in 2019 before the RWC final that he now says should have resulted in Eddie's firing:
"Was Saturday’s sensational World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand England’s greatest ever performance? Yes, unquestionably, would be my answer."
So let's fire the coach one game later? Duh!
Go to commentsIreland have every right to back themselves for a win. But the key variable has little to do with recent record etc.
The reality is that Ireland are a settled team with tons of continuity, an established style, and a good depth chart, whereas NZ are fundamentally rebuilding. The questions are all about what Razor is doing and how far along he is in that program.
NZ are very close to really clicking. Against England all of the chatter is about how England could have closed out a win, but failed to do so. This has obscured the observation that NZ were by far the more creative and effective in attack, beyond the 3-1 try differential and disallowed tries. They gave away a lot of unnecessary penalties, and made many simple errors (including knock-ons and loose kicks). Those things are very fixable, and when they do so we are once again going to be staring at a formidable NZ team.
Last week we heard the England fans talking confidently about their chances against NZ, but England did not end up looking like the better team on the field or the scoreboard. The England defense was impressive enough, but still could not stop the tries.
Ireland certainly has a better chance, of course, but NZ is improving fast, and I would not be surprised at a convincing All Black win this week. It may turn on whether NZ can cut out the simple mistakes.
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