Dreadful Warriors collapse in Dublin
GLASGOW Warriors coach Danny Wilson said this shocking quarter-final hammering is a dark day for the club.
Leinster ran in a dozen tries and could have got more as Warriors collapsed at the RDS in Dublin.
“It is not an acceptable performance, not an acceptable scoreline and to come to a quarter-final and to have that is a dark day for us,” said Wilson.
Yellow cards to former Lion Richie Gray and fullback Ollie Smith proved costly as Leinster ran in three tries each time they had an extra man.
Gray’s uncessary lunge at Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park wiped out their early dominance which saw Zander Fagerson get over after five minutes of pressure.
Leinster took control with Gray in the bin and by the time he returned hooker Dan Sheehan, winger Jordan Larmour and promising lock Joe McCarthy got over for converted tries to lead 21-7 after 24 minutes. Sheehan’s second try, again after a lineout drive, made it 26-7 at the break.
The second half turned into a canter for the champions and they struck for eight tries against the demoralised Scottish side to put last weekend’s Champions Cup heartbreak against La Rochelle behind them.
Caelan Doris scored three mintues after the restart and then Glasgow full-back Smith was binned for a deliberate knock-on. Leinster again scored three tries while they had the extra man
with tighthead Michael Ala’atoa scoring minutes after replacing Tadhg Furlong and then Gibson-Park and Garry Ringrose ran in tries.
The return of Smith did little to stop the Leinster
rampage, although George Horne pulled back a try for Glasgow, which Thompson converted to make it 52-14 after 59 minutes.
Leinster responded by turning the screw in the final quarter to run in four more tries with Larmour getting his second before Ciaran Frawley intercepted a pass from Smith to score from deep and Luke McGrath and Jimmy O’Brien completed the rout.