Perfect 10 would put Warriors on cloud nine
Ya tangible feel-good factor coursing through the game here at the moment. And for Jonathan Humphreys, assistant coach of the Warriors, it’s a period to savour. He said: “For me, the whole buzz around Scottish rugby is amazing.
“Go back to four years ago and you’d never dream that it would be like this. The more successful the national team is, the more successful Glasgow is. The feeding off each other is brilliant.”
With 14 players on interna- tional duty and another 10 on the casualty list, the Warriors still went down to Wales and clipped the wings of the Ospreys on Sunday with a rampaging 47-6 victory. This week, they have Cardiff Blues in their sights for a perfect 10 on the PRO14 front.
The current buoyancy in the ranks was perhaps best illustrated by Ruaridh Jackson, who was an unused substitute for Scotland on Saturday and hot-footed it down to Swansea to aid the Warriors’ cause the following day.
“It’s awesome and he’s been unbelievable for us,” added Humphreys. “He’s played a lot of rugby for Glasgow before now, but it says a lot about him and the environment that he wants to come back and play.
“It didn’t go unnoticed that he could have been up there celebrating [with Scotland] but he wanted to come down and help us out.
“We were obviously very, very pleased with that win. A few of the boys hadn’t played at all, and we went down there and they acquitted themselves very well.”
One player to seize his opportunity with both hands is George Horne, the 22-yearold scrum-half who continues to grow in stature while learning with experience.
“Dave [Rennie] talks about young guys being able to step up and make the jersey their own, so taking a team to the Ospreys and winning so handsomely was testament to the work everyone is doing,” said Horne, who has scored five tries in three outings.