Richie’s warning as Tigers get second wind
RICHARD LAWSON fired Glasgow to a convincing win over title rivals Sheffield – with a series of sensational swoops round the inside line.
The Tigers No.1 led his side to a 55-37 victory at the Peugeot Ashfield Stadium to lay down a marker at the top of the SGB Championship.
It puts them into second place, nine ahead of the Yorkshire Tigers and just two points behind Edinburgh, with three matches still in hand.
Lawson almost bagged a maximum, only missing out when visitor Josh Grajczonek won heat 15 – but he wowed the crowd with several drives round the inside of the second bend to scythe through the opposition and give the Scottish Tigers the momentum.
The 31-year-old, who bagged the man of the match award for the second week running, said: “I’m happy with 14 points.
“Josh is one of the top guys in the league so I’ll take that any day of the week. He only won one race but it wasn’t as though he was struggling –he was very fast – I just think our team were that good.”
Reserves Tom Perry and Jack Smith scored 12 between them and the top five all bagged heat wins.”
Tommy Fleetwood will head into the Open Championship later this month in the form of his life after claiming a second victory of the season in the HNA Open de France.
Fleetwood carded a flawless final round of 66 at 2018 Ryder Cup venue Le Golf National to finish 12 under par, a shot ahead of overnight joint-leader Peter Uihlein.
The 26-year-old from Southport, who used to sneak on to the Open venue of Royal Birkdale as a kid, was a lowly 188th in the world last September, but will be a career-high 15th when the rankings are updated today.
Sean O’Brien is free to play in next Saturday’s Test series decider against New Zealand after a citing complaint against him was dismissed.
The Lions and Ireland flanker was reported by match citing commissioner Scott Nowland for allegedly striking New Zealand wing Waisake Naholo with his arm during Saturday’s second Test.
O’Brien denied he committed an offence during a lengthy three-man judicial hearing in Wellington on Sunday, with the citing complaint subsequently being thrown out.