Horne sends Gregor a message
George Horne is hoping his Glasgow Friday night super-show will be enough to persuade Scotland boss Gregor Townsend to give him a Six Nations starting berth.
The scrum-half bagged two trademark tries as thewarriors shot down Zebre 54-24 to boost their Pro14 play-off hopes.
And Scotstoun man-of-the-match Horne was denied a hat-trick by a desperate foul tackle just a metre out.
He was determined to make a statement after Townsend left him marooned on the bench for the whole of last weekend’s Calcutta Cup defeat.
Now he has given the coach a selection headache for Saturday’s Wooden Spoon decider in Rome.
Horne said: “It was great to be back with Glasgow in front of our fans and I was mad keen to get some game time.
“We had let things slip in our
Currie yesterday bolstered their Premiership play-off quest by pulling off a well-deserved 27-17 success in the Granite City.
On a gluepot surface at Rubislaw, the teams managed to produce a highly entertaining tussle. league section before Christmas, but we are clawing our way back into things.”
■ Under-fire Scotland skipper Stuart Hogg admitted his first Premiership try for Exeter helped exorcise his Six Nations demons.
Hogg’s match-winning effort against Gloucester came less than a week after his defensive bungle handed England Calcutta Cup glory.
Seven days earlier, he’d hit the headlines for butchering a Scots touchdown by spilling the ball over the line as Ireland triumphed in Dublin.
And he grinned after the cracker at Kingsholm: “I have never been so careful about making sure I touched it down properly!
“I’d been taking a bit of a ribbing after what had happened, so I wasn’t going to make any more mistakes.”
The crucial moment came early in the second half when Josh O’brien slid in for the try that effectively sealed the win.
Their other scores came from Gregor Christie, Ryan Southern