WARRIORS COULDN’T COPE WITH OUR GAME
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edge back in front with van der Walt’s second penalty.
The errors that bl ighted Glasgow’s display at Murrayfield seven days earlier were still in evidence – much to the annoyance and frustration of their fans.
Home hero Stuart Hogg failed to appear for the restart with Dan van der Merwe coming off the bench.
There was a further blow for the Warriors as Test centre Alex Dunbar limped off with knee damage and replaced by Sam Johnson, himself coming back from long-term injury.
Even worse was to come as Glasgow prop Oli Kebble was yellow carded after being blamed by ref George Clancy for a scrum collapse.
Gunners instantly made their advantage count as skipper Stuart McInally muscled his way over for a try, with Van der Walt slotting the awkward conversion.
And when van der Walt banged bagged another three points in the 60th minute, the home side were left with a mountain to climb.
Warriors were grabbing plenty of possession in the closing exchanges, but they looked panicky and disjointed.
Sub George Horne sniped over for a late touchdown but Glasgow’s fortunes were summed up as Hastings missed the kick that would have earned his side a consolation bonus point.
Warriors coach Dave Rennie said: “We didn’t hang on to the ball for long enough. Too much of the game was played down at our own end and when we got down their end we didn’t do enough.
“We will have a lot to think about when we prepare for our next match against Treviso in Italy. We are then back into European competition so we have to regroup and tidy things up.
“They walked around the scrum and got rewarded for it, fair play to them, they kept doing it.
“But I’m not looking to blame the referee. We’ve got to look at ourselves, we weren’t good enough.”