The Warriors played all the rugby, they were the only one of the two teamjs trying to win by playing handling, running rugby, but they lost out to a cynical, cheating Leinster team, whose cause was aided by a referee, who was perhaps out of his depth at the game.
The French official certainly seemed more-able to spot Glasgow infringements than Leinster ones; yes, perhaps Glasgow, like most Scottish teams involved in cross-border matches, need to develop a cynical, "street-wise" streak; but, it still hurts to lose.
No complaints with the two Glasgow tries" not given, but surely Heaslip's score for Leinster was a double movement: he grounded the ball short of the line, then, without further movement of his trunk, he placed it on the line. If that's isn't a double movement, what is?
Until the IRB sorts out things like the way there always seemed to be a couple of Leinster men on the Glasgow side of rucks; the blatant cheating of Isaac Boss throwing the ball at Nicko to get him yellow carded and other wee fly moves from the Irish, the better.
But, well done Glasgow - a great performance.
I SEE the IRB is going to bring north the scrum changes they have trialled at the second level of rugby in the southern hemisphere.
Good, about time too. Mind you, I suspect the scrum coaches in England and Wales will already be working-out ways of circumventing the new laws, so they can continue to ham-string efforts to make rugby the great game it should be.
But, please, let's just make sure the ball goes down the middle of the tunnel and that hookers learn to hook again. It cannot be too difficult.
There might be a case too for specialist scrum referees.
WELL done John Jeffrey on your elevation to the chairmanship of the IRB's playing committee and the referee appointments one. In the latter role JJ, please, keep Clancy away from Scotland games.
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