Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff Blues, 10 April

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Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff Blues
Friday 10 April
KO: 19:35
Scotstoun Stadium

Live on BBC Alba / BBC Wales

Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 69th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Lloyd Linton, Mike Adamson (both SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Montgomery (SRU)
TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)

Glasgow Warriors
Peter Murchie, Tommy Seymour, Richie Vernon, Peter Horne, DTH van der Merwe, Finn Russell, Henry Pyrgos, Jerry Yanuyanutawa, Dougie Hall, Mike Cusack, Tim Swinson, Al Kellock (captain), Rob Harley, Chris Fusaro, Adam Ashe

Replacements: Pat MacArthur, Gordon Reid, Jon Welsh, Leone Nakarawa, Josh Strauss, Ali Price, Duncan Weir, Lee Jones.

Cardiff Blues
Gareth Anscombe; Alex Cuthbert, Tom Isaacs, Garyn Smith, Dan Fish; Gareth Davies, Tavis Knoyle; Sam Hobbs, Kristian Dacey, Adam Jones, Jarrad Hoeata, Lou Reed, Macauley Cook, Sam Warburton (c), Josh Navidi

Replacements: Matthew Rees, Thomas Davies, Taufa'ao Filise, Josh Turnbull, Ellis Jenkins, Lewis Jones, Simon Humberstone, Richard Smith.

Ohhh, we're going to miss DTH

Also nice try for Hall & even nicer conversion from Furra Lineee

A cliche about buses.

Lovely try!

As an Ulster fan it's somewhat bittersweet to see that from Seymour on the wing! Great try!

Russell got greedy there

Wow what a try! Amazing line from Scoremore!

Surely a try - I've got 40 quid resting on it!

RDW_Scotland wrote:I've got money on Russell or Horne to score two tries tonight - good odds!

If that try's allowed, I bet you're feeling smug right now!

Well that escalated quickly

Although I've made the mistake of telling my other half I had a bet on...

I now have to buy lunch tomorrow

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Although I've made the mistake of telling my other half I had a bet on...

That's never wise, for some reason my girlfriend thinks that half of any of my winnings are for her...

It's like watching Barcalona! Hornee has to make the RWC squad?

Had a fiver on Hall as first try scorer. Second week in a row I've managed to pick an unlikely fat bloke. But at 25 to 1 long may it continues.

That should be a red card

That was awful - maybe worthy of a red?

I can't believe what I just saw. A player cannot make assumptions about whether a player is truely injured or not. Has to be red!!

Ref is wrong. Yellow for tackle. Red for dragging the player up to his feet! Shocking!

Good job George. Definitely a card. Probably should've been red though.

Jeezoh! Jones ran into Warbaton.
And then...
Furra Linee Hatrick!

Hoeata is such a card and penalty machine for the Blues.  Its constant, the guy has the intellect of a plankton.

clivemcl wrote:Ref is wrong. Yellow for tackle. Red for dragging the player up to his feet! Shocking!

That was strange, Hoeata probably felt it wasn't as big a hit as it looked like and felt Murchie milked it a bit.

Horne-Dog is playing like a wee genius!

So;
Dougie scores a try,
Hornee scores a hat-trick,
Hornee scores a contender for try of the season'Clownshoes is favouring Glasgow.

What might the second half bring?

clivemcl wrote:Ref is wrong. Yellow for tackle. Red for dragging the player up to his feet! Shocking!

That should be a citing. If only to tell players that acting like that is not acceptable under any circumstances.

Right Glasgow, let's not have the same 2nd half as last time eh?

RDW_Scotland wrote:That was awful - maybe worthy of a red?

He was shown a red for a similar clothesline 'tackle' on Rob Kearney earlier in the season.

Love old rugby grounds and this place looks medieval with its tented roof and flags.

Starting from where they left off!

Taking the greedy boy off

FFS!
Back to my online grocery shopping I think.

Hopefully the Cardiff 4 will get citied.

cakeordeath wrote:Hopefully the Cardiff 4 will get citied.

If so then it's another signing from hell for the Blues (like most of their others). All he's done is give away penalties and get banned this season. There's no way Roberts will consider coming back to this team surely.

Soft & dissaponting try to concede. Mass subs have taken their toll

The Blues really are pathetic. Nothing to play for - their European spot guaranteed - no backbone whatsoever.

Pot Hale wrote:The Blues really are pathetic.  Nothing to play for - their European spot guaranteed - no backbone whatsoever.

What spot in Europe? They're outside the top 6. The worst thing they did was show Hammett the door. They would have got better had they kept him, but the fact of the matter is they've been run by amateurs since they began.

Hmmm. Glasgow rather resting on their laurels

Glasgows fringe defence has been poor this half

Pot Hale wrote:The Blues really are pathetic.  Nothing to play for - their European spot guaranteed - no backbone whatsoever.

Cardiff are guaranteed to be in the challenge cup next year. Not even a mathematical hope now. Even if every team above them lost all their games and Cardiff won all theirs with bonus points

Much better from Cardiff.

Glasgow could really do with waking up. Blues bombed that almost open goal

The Saint wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:The Blues really are pathetic.  Nothing to play for - their European spot guaranteed - no backbone whatsoever.

What spot in Europe? Their outside the top 6. The worst thing they did was show Hammett the door. They would have got better had they kept him, but the fact of the matter is they've been run by amateurs since they began.

Their spot in the Challenge Cup I meant. They're not in top six, they don't have threat of relegation, therefore doesn't matter how they perform. Good to see them come back with a couple of tries, but I suspect that's more to do with Glasgow taking their foot of the gas now that they've got the bonus point wrapped up.

I wouldn't worry too much, Cardiff have a knack for scoring a few tries....when the game is well and truly over.

Glasgow think they're comfortable but that's no way to treat a second half by relaxing back so much. Teams in the lead and by so much tend to lose focus, but Glasgow are really letting things slide too much here.

Strauss has been awful tonight!

Anyone else surprised by how many high shots Cardiff made tonight? When did refs stop penalising these fouls?

demosthenes wrote:

clivemcl wrote:Ref is wrong. Yellow for tackle. Red for dragging the player up to his feet! Shocking!

That should be a citing. If only to tell players that acting like that is not acceptable under any circumstances.

Yup - should have been a red - clotheslining a player without the ball. I hope he gets a good long ban

Thought Cusack was great in the scrum, Fusaro was effective at the breakdown and Horne looks like he has clearly put the memory of his last Scotland appearance behind him!

As for the Blues, they showed glimmers of what they're capable of in the 2nd half. Is it just me or does Alex Cuthbert seem like he could only be bothered half the time? whereas players like Navidi are relentless and fully committed the whole game.

How come Chunky isn't on bemoaning red cards that were given as yellows? I was sure he was on a crusade about this. Perhaps it's only Ulster he bemoans.

Well done Glasgee, I've become a fan this season, you're my second team now although obviously not when playing Ulster.

Manky-Flanker wrote:Thought Cusack was great in the scrum, Fusaro was effective at the breakdown and Horne looks like he has clearly put the memory of his last Scotland appearance behind him!

As for the Blues, they showed glimmers of what they're capable of in the 2nd half. Is it just me or does Alex Cuthbert seem like he could only be bothered half the time? whereas players like Navidi are relentless and fully committed the whole game.

Navidi is a gem and a half. Deserves to be part of a better squad of players than we have at present.