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Leinster thrash the Dragons in Rodney Parade, Glasgow survive red card
By Liam Blackburn
Pro14 Conference A leaders Glasgow Warriors overcame Alex Allan's early red card to beat the Scarlets 29-20 on Saturday, while Conference B table-toppers Leinster were convincing 59-10 winners over the Dragons.
Glasgow had to play for over an hour with 14 men after Allan was dismissed for making direct contact with the head of Jake Ball when the score was 3-3.
However, the hosts built up a big second-half lead thanks largely to Brandon Thomson, who scored 24 of their 29 points.
The Scarlets rallied with three tries through Jonathan Davies, Steff Evans and Clayton Blommetjies but Glasgow held on to extend their lead in Conference A to seven points.
Scarlets' loss was also a boost to Leinster, who ran in nine tries in a 59-10 away thrashing of the Dragons.
Dave Kearney and Jimmy O'Brien each crossed twice while Scott Penny, Scott Fardy, Caelan Doris, Hugo Keenan and Bryan Byrne also scored tries.
Epalahame Faiva dotted down three times before half-time as Benetton Treviso secured a 22-19 away win over Conference B's bottom side Southern Kings.
Two second-half penalties from John Cooney ensured Ulster claimed a narrow 16-12 home success over Cardiff Blues while Connacht edged to a 21-17 win at the Cheetahs.
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England conceded three tries. There defence was poor. And they only scored one (intercept) try. So their much lauded attack was also poor.
England are worse than they were last year.
Go to commentsThat's what you get with Smith! He's still a player who is more likely to provide a moment of brilliance than a well structured attack.
Meanwhile Ford is someone who will give you brilliant phase play throughout a test match, but he's not fast enough to properly take advantage of a tired defence in the last 20 minutes.
Picking Smith to start and Ford off the bench, rather than the other way around, or giving either one of them the full 80, is a baffling decision.
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