Kevin Tkachuk went over for one of Glasgow's seven tries

However, the victory came at a cost as Glasgow flanker Steve Swindall was forced to leave the field with a very nasty injury to one of his fingers. Steve had put in an impressive performance until that point and it's clear that he's put in a power of work over the summer in his physical development. He fractured the fourth finger of his right hand, an injury that will keep him out of the Celtic League for several weeks, but hopefully, he'll have a speedy recovery and be back in action soon.

As with the game against Ayr last Monday, the match was played in four 20-minute quarters, which does give the coaches a chance to switch formations and try variations, but does give the play an unreal feel. It's reported that Rotherham wished to play the game over the normal two 40-minute halves, and itisn't dificult to sympathise with that position. "It was not a proper match situation but we were happy with the way the team performed for the first sixty minutes," said Andre Bester. "We went their prepared for a proper match situation but that didn't happen."

"We tried to forced the game too early," was how Hugh Campbell, Glasgow's head coach, summed up the way the contest went against the English first-division club. "But we had too much power. Physically, we were much stronger, and we defended better than them. In summary, he commented: "I'm very pleased with how we're progressing."

Glasgow's tries came from Kevin Tkachuk, Rory Lamont, Andy Henderson (2), Andy Craig, Graeme Beveridge and Fergus Thomson. Dan Parks and Calvin Howarth weighed in with the rest of the points with the boot.

Scotland Under-21 skipper Neil Cochrane, who made the move south during the summer, went over for the Titans' try. Mike Whitehead added the conversion to give the very good Rotherham support something to cheer about. It's just unfortunate, and embarrassing, that Glasgow fans couldn't offer the Rotherham fans a refreshment before their long trip home.

A match report is available on the SRU site.

You can see photos from the game here