Both sides struggle with tough conditions
Erin McRitchie Strong winds and rain made Saturday’s Tennent’s Premiership match one where small errors could prove decisive.
In the end Watsonians proved less susceptible to mistakes.
The 14-8 result suggests this was a relatively evenly-matched game but, as County head coach Eddie Pollock accepted, it was one which Watsonians deserved to win.
“Their defence was excellent throughout but we coughed up ball and got knocked off a few rucks,” he said.
“We just made the same mistakes that we’ve been making and we need to get better than that.”
County opened the scoring, with Glasgow’s Ratu Tagive making a quick break down the wing and soaring over the line.
The conversion attempt went astray and so did many passes as the conditions made running rugby difficult.
Kicking was problematic too and, while County stretched their lead through an Andrew Goudie penalty, two other kicks at goal were missed: one by Goudie and the other by full-back Craig Robertson.
All three penalty awards were for offences in the scrum and if County had been successful with them all Watsonians might just have found a fightback too tall an order. Instead they opened their account with a penalty of their own through fly-half Lee Millar after half an hour.
A stoppage in play was needed just before the break for treatment to Watsonians replacement Ewan Fox
We just made the same mistakes that we’ve been making