Richard ready to lay down the Law at Armadale
GLASGOW are setting a minimum target of a point as they bid to maintain their unrivalled league record in the Scottish derby against Edinburgh Monarchs tomorrow.
The Tigers are the only SGB Championship side to take something from each of their seven meetings this season.
Win at Armadale and they will go joint-top with the Monarchs – but they could go ahead if they repeat their big-scoring heroics of the return fixture two weeks ago.
Twenty-four hours later, the Tigers take on Redcar at the Peugeot Ashfield Stadium in a highly anticipated match-up.
Glasgow star Richard Lawson is keen to see his side’s record continue – and insists a point, for teams that lose by six or less, is the least they should be aiming for on the road.
“That is our minimum target I think,” he said.
“Even if they get the win and we get a point, it’s going to help in the league against those kind of clubs. But I think we should look for more.
“Earlier on i n my career I had some bad meetings at Edinburgh but recent years haven’t been too bad. It’s not a track I dislike, it’s just I didn’t have much luck there and then I dreaded going because of that.
“But I quite like the track now and it’s always a bit more fun riding for Glasgow against Edinburgh in the derby. I look forward to it.”
Redcar, themselves challengers near the top of the league, bring 2016 Tigers Coty Garcia and Ben Barker with them tomorrow – along with spectacular Great Britain star Jason Garrity.
Lawson expects they’ll provide plenty of entertainment. He said: “Their team look good on paper so that’ll be a pretty difficult match.
“But I’m sure there’ll be some wild manoeuvres with Garrity and Barker, and I think we’ll be in for an interesting night.
“Our home form is really good at the minute and we should get the win nonetheless – but it’ll definitely be an exciting meeting.”