Details
Date | Time | Competition | Season |
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22 April 2023 | 7:35 pm | United Rugby Championship | 2022/23 |
Match Report
Connacht came up agonisingly short in their final URC match of the season against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium after producing a battling performance. Warriors were already guaranteed fourth spot and a home quarter-final against Munster, while Connacht now face a trip to Ulster, and a wait to see if seventh place will be sufficient to qualify for next season's Champions Cup. Shamus Hurley-Langton's try set up a thrilling finale, but Glasgow held out. The sides split seven tries, five of them scored in an open first half. Glasgow fired through several slick phases straight from kick-off, with Huw Jones and Stafford McDowall making good headway with powerful midfield bursts. Then Rory Darge appeared on the scene to send Jones over for the game's opening try with neat back-handed offload. Connacht bounced back immediately by forcing Jones to carry the ball back over his own line, and then pressurising the home scrum into conceding a penalty try. Warriors’ scrum continued to struggle, but their play around the park was razor sharp, and they raced back into the lead in the 18th minute when Tom Jordan juggled the ball before streaking under the posts. The home side lost Scott Cummings to the sin bin for an obstruction on Caolin Blade and Jack Carty kicked the three easy points for the visitors. Connacht worked hard to take advantage of the extra man and were rewarded with the lead when No 8 Cian Prendergast burrowed over from a tap penalty, with Carty adding the extras. Warriors did not panic however, and they struck back before Cummings had returned to the fray with Ali Price finishing off on the left after some sharp link play. Cole Forbes thought he had scored try number three for Glasgow – who led 19-17 at the break – after Jordan and Jones capitalised on turnover ball, but the latter had knocked-on while being tackled and so it was chalked off. Connacht were forced into a triple change at half-time, with Denis Buckley, Finlay Bealham and Prendergast all replaced. There was no more scoring until the hour mark, when replacement Glasgow hooker Johnny Matthews went over at the back of a lineout maul and George Horne added the touchline conversion to make 26-17. Connacht would not lie down though, and after Horne and Carty had exchanged penalties, a Shamus Hurley-Langton try converted by Carty made for a tense final five minutes – but Warriors held on.Connacht Fall Just Short Against The Warriors
Timeline
Huw Jones | 1' | |
Jamie Dobie George Horne |
11' | |
Tom Jordan | 16' | |
Tom Jordan | 17' | |
George Horne | 17' | |
Scott Cummings | 23' | |
24' | Jack Carty | |
29' | Cian Prendergast | |
Lucio Sordoni Zander Fagerson |
30' | |
30' | Jack Carty | |
Ali Price | 32' | |
Huw Jones Domingo Miotti |
37' | |
40' | Denis Buckley Peter Dooley |
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40' | Finlay Bealham Sam Illo |
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40' | Cian Prendergast Shamus Hurley-Langton |
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Fraser Brown Johnny Matthews |
45' | |
Allan Dell Jamie Bhatti |
45' | |
49' | Dylan Tierney-Martin Eoin De Buitlear |
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Richie Gray JP du Preez |
51' | |
Cole Forbes Matt Fagerson |
54' | |
54' | Oisin Dowling Darragh Murray |
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54' | Caolin Blade Kieran Marmion |
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59' | Thomas Farrell Tom Daly |
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Johnny Matthews | 61' | |
George Horne | 62' | |
67' | Jack Carty | |
68' | Tiernan O'Halloran Shane Jennings |
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George Horne | 73' | |
75' | Shamus Hurley-Langton | |
76' | Jack Carty |
Past Meetings
(Round 11)
20 - 42United Rugby Championship
Dexcom Stadium Connacht v Glasgow Warriors |
(Round 1)
28 - 24PRO14
Dexcom Stadium Connacht vs Glasgow Warriers |
Ground
Scotstoun Stadium |
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Danes Drive, Glasgow City, Scotland, G14 9BH, United Kingdom |