Scottish Daily Mail

PRICE IS RIGHT FOR WARRIORS

NEWCASTLE 17 GLASGOW 27

- CALUM CROWE

ALI PRICE was in imperious form as he inspired Glasgow Warriors to victory against Newcastle Falcons in the last 16 of the Challenge Cup. The Scotland scrum-half tore Newcastle apart with his running ability as Glasgow claimed a first away win in Europe under head coach Danny Wilson. After running in four tries at Kingston Park last night, they can now look forward to a quarterfin­al trip to face French side Lyon. Glasgow made a flying start to the match and scored the opening try after just four minutes through in-form hooker Johnny Matthews. Matthews got a hat-trick last time out against Zebre and he capped off a lovely, flowing team move to give his side an early lead last night, with fly-half Ross Thompson slotting the conversion. Warriors got their second try just three minutes later when Sebastian Cancellier­e fed the ball wide for fellow winger Kyle Steyn to dive over. Newcastle fly-half Brett Connon put over a penalty, before Warriors then scored their third try on the half-hour mark. Price was once again the architect, darting through a gap to feed full-back Josh McKay to go over and score. Newcastle pulled a try back on 52 minutes through Will Montgomery, but Steyn got his second try on the hour-mark to ease any nerves. Joel Hodgson scored another for Newcastle with 15 minutes left, but Glasgow held firm.

 ?? ?? Happy boys: Matthews (second right) celebrates after his try for Glasgow
Happy boys: Matthews (second right) celebrates after his try for Glasgow

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