Edinburgh just edge it at Millbrae
GLASGOW 24 EDINBURGH 26
Two well-taken tries during the final quarter clinched an Edinburgh win in a fiercelycontested and entertaining Super6 pro-alignment clash at Millbrae, writes DAVID
BARNES.
The tie was organised to provide players from Super6 with a chance to come together for a representative match at the end of the recent Sprint Series.
It was scrappy at times, as you would expect from a game between two teams who had only a week preparation together, but both sides played with intent, skill and a freedom you don’t see during the grind of the regular season.
“You sometimes lose the specialness of these kinds of matches when you are in your bubble and it is competitive all the time,” reflected Stirling County head coach Ben Cairns, who was part of a trio of former Scotland centres overseeing the Glasgow team, alongside Pete Horne of Ayrshire Bulls and Graham Shiel of Boroughmuir Bears.
“I felt I found that again this week and I think the boys have as well, in terms of coming together and just enjoying playing the game of rugby.”
It was two tries apiece at halftime with Marcus Holden and Jerry Blyth-lafferty touching down for Glasgow against scores by Wallace Nelson and Billy Wara of Edinburgh.
Glasgow then raced into 24-14 lead at the start of the second-half with quick-fire tries from Ruairidh Swan and Logan Trotter, and it looked like the men from the west were going to be comfortable winners.
However, Edinburgh centre Dom Coetzer had other ideas, twice breaking through midfield to set up tries for Nyle Godsmark and Jason Baggott.
Baggott’s conversion of the first of those tries secured the capital win.