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Impressive Glasgow down Bulls at Scotstoun
By PA
A scintillating first-half performance set Glasgow Warriors set up for an impressive 35-21 win over last season’s United Rugby Championship finalists the Bulls.
Glasgow ran out of steam in the final quarter at Scotstoun but dug deep to defend heroically, which meant the scoreboard accurately reflected the home team’s on-field superiority.
The Warriors took a seventh-minute lead when they kicked a penalty to the corner before launching a series of close-range attacks, which culminated in Matt Fagerson bustling over.
George Horne added the conversion and the Warriors were straight back on the attack from the restart and scored their second try just three minutes later.
This time Sione Tuipulotu, Glasgow’s captain for the night, and Fraser Brown combined to send Sebastian Cancelliere on a 30-yard dash to the line.
The Bulls kept turning the screw but the hosts defended superbly, and their resilience was rewarded when Horne scored a fantastic solo try to secure the bonus point with 35 minutes played.
The scrum-half broke from halfway and rode at least three tackles on his way to the line.
The Warriors started the second half as they ended the first and another breathless passage of play led to try number five when Cancelliere was put into space on the right, stepped past the first defender and then sent Josh McKay over with a brilliant one-handed offload.
Both sides were reduced to 14 men for 10 minutes when Horne and Elrigh Louw found themselves in a tussle on the deck and were sent to the sin-bin to cool off.
Replacement hooker Bismarck du Plessis bustled in for the Bulls’ second try on the hour mark, and Chris Smith once again added the conversion to help keep the contest just about alive.
But the Warriors kept the visitors at bay with one cover tackle by Cancelliere summing up the home team’s determination not to concede an inch to their opponents.
Finally, Janko Swanepoel scored a consolation try for the Bulls in the last minute but it was too little too late to deny Glasgow victory.
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I'll be happy to see Cudmore get his chance again, but I'm against revising history to make Cudmore look better by describing his tweets as "crass but not outrageous" and "stupid". He would've been fired from any international job for the stuff he tweeted. "Decolonize 9th place" during a time when bodies were being discovered under Residential Schools? Actively rooting for the defeat of your own union on the world stage?
Jamie, how about making an updated public apology paired with putting your hand up for the RC coaching job? Get the public on your side, show that you've grown, and show that you're mature enough to lead our NSMT. We know you're skilled and experienced enough, but you know that's not the issue here.
You say you've put your hand up and apologized, but the last time you apologized to the rugby community was when you tweeted "I'm sorry if I've offended anyone", which is the most obvious non-apology in the English language.
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