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Warriors went down 24-15 to the Exeter Chiefs on Saturday
GLASGOW WARRIORS scrum-half Ali Price is confident they can bounce back when they return home after two challenging weeks on the road ended in a European Champions Cup defeat to Exeter.
Having won in South Africa the previous weekend to protect their record as the only unbeaten team in the Guinness Pro14, Glasgow failed to take even a losing bonus point from their clash with the English champions in the West Country on Saturday, going down 24-15.
And while he acknowledged that the Chiefs did what they do best, Price reckoned they shouldn’t have been given the chance to steam-roller their way to victory with three forward oriented tries, which were gifted to t hem by Glasgow’s mistakes.
“It was frustrating, but you have to credit Exeter,” he said.
“They held on to the ball well and stopped us playing. We weren’t accurate and gave them the ball back to get back into our half and muscle up with their forwards. ds.
“They scoredred three tries off the back of that, but it t comes down to us not being accurate.”
P r ice ce noted there re was no excuse e because they y were fully aware of what to expect against t a side used d to dominating possession. “We planned for Exeter all week and we knew what was coming,” he admitted. “TheirThei three tries were from forwar forwards, off the back of getting into our 22. It’s our own fau faults and inaccuracies. “We didn’td hold the ball well enough enough, and they’re a team that holdsh the ball the most in the Premiership. “We didn’t play the t territory well enough and they held the ball for long periods. They h had the momentum.
“We’ve played teams similar this season. I think Exeter were just better at it.
“There were a few mistakes and the bounce of the ball didn’t go our way at times. Things didn’t click for us.”
They will have to when three time European champions Leinster visit Scotstoun on Saturday because defeat in that match would probably be fatal to their bid to repeat last year’s breakthrough when they reached the Champions Cup quarter-finals for the first time.
Leinster will carry some momentum into that match after beating former Scotland coach Vern Cotter’s Montpel- lier on Saturday, picking up a four try bonus point, while the French side picked up a losing bonus point, leaving Glasgow bottom of the table.
“We are still in it,” Price insisted.
“Of course we would like to have won and taken points from the game but we’re far from out of it.
“Next week was always going to be a must-win. It’s a home game so it’s a must-win.”
“We’re all disappointed in the result, but Leinster is a whole different game. We will look at them on Monday and go again.”