Celtic Challenge: Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors come up short again
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ANOTHER disappointing weekend for Scotland’s representatives in the Celtic Challenge saw Glasgow Warriors lose 41-19 to Clovers in Cork and Edinburgh go down 38-32 to Brython Thunder at Parc y Scarlets.
Those reversals extend Edinburgh’s losing streak to four games on the bounce stretching back to 4th January (having won their first two matches), while Glasgow Warriors are now the only winless team in the competition from five matches they have played to date.
Warriors were never really in the contest against Clovers, conceding five tries to trail 31-5 at half-time, with the away team’s only score coming three minutes before the break when Roma Fraser capitalised on a handling error by the hosts. Glasgow did manage two more tries in the second 40, with Holland Brogan grounding the ball at the end of a driving maul, and Briar McNamara also touching down, with McNamara converting twice.
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"We did not show our best game in the first half, the wind was against us and we just did not have much possession,” said Warriors head coach Lindsey Smith. :However, in the second half we really turned it around. Scoring just before half time gave us a push and shifted the mindset of the squad.
“We definitely performed really well in that second half in our set piece, scrum and lineouts provided us a solid platform to attack, this was one of our really positives from today. Out of our work ons from today the key one is probably build those phases and turn this type of performance into an 80 minutes one, which is something we need to fix for next week's fixture"
Meanwhile, Edinburgh will feel this was a win that go away, with two late tris from Wales centre Hannah Bluck running in two late scores to clinch Brython Thunder’s first win of the campaign at the end of an 11-try thriller.
Edinburgh’s tries were scored by Hannah Walker (her ninth of the tournament), Hannah McMahon, Lucia Scott, Amy Conchie and Merryn Gunderson, while Lucy Macrae slotted two conversions and a penalty.
At least one of the Scottish teams will bring to an end their losing streak next weekend, when Glasgow Warriors host Edinburgh in their re-arranged fixture (initially scheduled for 25th January but postponed due to Storm Eowyn) at Scotstoun on Saturday, kicking off at 2pm.
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