Prospect of tense finish enthuses Rennie as Warriors bid for final
● Hastings stands out as comfortable victory in Dublin extends Glasgow’s lead at the top
0 Leinster’s Jordan Larmour is halted by a tackle from Glasgow Warriors’ Peter Horne during the visitors’ 39-24 victory in Dublin.
TOMMY SEYMOUR
are that way inclined over the years at Glasgow,” said Seymour.
“Adam fits into that mould really nicely and he’s growing in confidence and, importantly for us, going into the last two weeks, they’ve been great performances from him.
“He’d openly admit he’s still sometimes pushing the boundaries a bit too far, and does things he doesn’t need to but that’s part of learning at that age, learning when to press forward and when to be conservative.
“Not to bring it back to my try, but that’s the perfect example of his skillset. There’s not that many players who can see that option, let alone execute it. It’s great to have guys like that on the pitch. It can unlock defences in very special ways.
“He’s definitely got some Finn Russell in him but they’re individuals who set themselves apart from each other.
“Adam’s playing great. He’s constantly learning, wants to improve, he’s a real competitor, too, so to have someone like that at 10 at this stage of the season is massive for us.”
Matt Fagerson and George Horne were also on the scoresheet in the RDS, and
with 34 points from 35 now in the league, Glasgow look set for top spot in their conference.
“We were disappointed a few years back when Murrayfield would have been an option for us, to have the final in Scotland, to know that it’s a few miles down the road would be even more spectacular for us and our fans,” said Seymour.
“But there’s a lot of rugby to be played, we can’t focus too far ahead.
“But if you want to talk about motivating factors for us as a squad, it’s got to be right up there.”
Scotland suffered a desperately disappointing 18-19 loss to Italy in the opening match of the Six Nations under-18 Festival at Gillman’s Ground, Hartpury, Gloucester, after the young Azzurri staged a dramatic fightback to score twice in the final three minutes of play to snatch victory.
After going behind to an early try by Italy’s hooker Tommaso di Bartolomeo and the conversion by stand-off Matteo Ferrarin, the Scots dominated the scoring with a try by Merchiston centre Matthew Currie and the conversion by the Fettes wing Harry Patterson,whothenscored Scotland’s second try from a defence-splitting run.
Patterson added two penalty goals to give the Scots a 18-7 lead they held going into the final three minutes of play.
But in a thrilling finish, wing Andrea Pancini finished off slick handling with a try converted from the touchline by Ferranin and then, in stoppage time, Italy produced the killer blow when Fabio Schiabel barrelled over for the winning score.
“Adam[hastings]would admithe’sstillsometimes pushingtheboundaries abittoofar,anddoes thingshedoesn’tneedto, butthat’spartoflearning atthatage”