Stewart’s try double ends Dragons’ hopes of away win

GLASGOW ........................ 34 DRAGONS ........................ 19

A BRACE of tries from Glasgow hooker Grant Stewart saw off a spirited Dragons effort as they ran out winners at Scotstoun.

Dragons scrum-half Rhodri Williams’s double proved in vain as the Welsh side failed to take any points back home.

Glasgow got off to a sloppy start when Williams intercepted Jamie Dobie’s pass to Pete Horne and scampered 80 yards to score inside the first minute.

Sam Davies landed the conversion into the howling gale, and for the next 10 minutes Glasgow played error-strewn stuff until a wind-assisted Dobie clearance took them 80 yards downfield.

Tim Swinson barged over the line, with Horne’s conversion levelling the score.

A bust-up between props Ollie Kebble and Lloyd Fairbrother earned them both yellow cards but it was Glasgow who took advantage.

They had slightly the better of the driving contest and hooker Stewart celebrated his return to a starting slot when he finished off a spell of intense pressure.

The half-hour mark was good and bad for the home side, with talisman Leone Nakawara limping off just before Horne slotted a penalty.

Both sides upped the tempo in the final minutes of the first half, with Huw Taylor and Harri Keddie making inroads into Glasgow’s 22, but the defence held firm.

The Dragons earned early field position on the Glasgow 22-metre line but a break by Dobie out of a crowd of tacklers took play downfield.

A line-out produced an unstoppable 20-metre drive by Glasgow and again it was Stewart who emerged with the ball to claim the try.

Great work by Chris Fusaro and Rob Harley took play back into Dragons territory but it was the visitors who burst back into the game as Sam Davies split the defence and Williams raced in for his second try.

Six minutes later it was Glasgow’s turn to defy the elements as Harley, Nick Grigg and Fusaro combined to put Huw Jones in for the bonus-point try.

The Dragons hit back when Joe Davies charged down Nick Frisby’s kick for Ashton Hewitt to grab a try. But Glasgow added gloss to the scoreline with a try in the final play from Mesu Delokoto. GLASGOW: Tries: T Swinson, G Stewart (2), H Jones, M Dolokoto. Cons: P Horne (2). Pens: P Horne. DRAGONS: Tries: R. Williams (2), A Hewitt. Cons: S Davies (2).