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August 25, 2018

Northampton 41 - 15 Glasgow Warriors

Friendly match played at Franklin's Gardens on Friday August 24th 2018 | No comments

Dave Rennie
Glasgow Warriors lost out 41-15 to Northampton in tonight's pre-season friendly at Franklin's Gardens.

Glasgow's tries came from Tommy Seymour, Nikola Matawalu and DTH van der Merwe but they were the only bright spots in a match where Northampton dominated physically throughout.

Warriors fortunes weren't improved by sin-binnings for George Horne (backchat) and Ruaridh Jackson (intentional knock-on).

There was also a worrying injury for Sam Johnson after the centre received a blow to the head when making a tackle.

Warriors head coach Dave Rennie said he and his side have to take a "look" at themselves after conceding seven tries against Saints.

The match was the last warm-up for Glasgow before they open their PRO14 campaign away to Connacht next Saturday.

"We wanted tough opposition and we got taught a few lessons in key areas," Rennie told WarriorsTV.

"Ultimately we needed to be a little more patient and we ended up chasing the game. Defensively we just fell off too many tackles and I thought Northampton were good.

"In the end we've got to look at ourselves and be better."

Referee
Attendance
Team
1
Jamie Bhatti
2
George Turner
3
D'arcy Rae
4
Scott Cummings
5
Greg Peterson
6
Robert Harley
7
Callum Gibbins
8
Ryan Wilson
9
George Horne
10
Adam Hastings
11
Nikola Matawalu
12
Sam Johnson
13
Alex Dunbar
14
Tommy Seymour
15
Ruaridh Jackson
Sub
Kevin Bryce
Sub
Grant Stewart
Sub
Alex Allan
Sub
Adam Nicol
Sub
Oli Kebble
Sub
Andrew Davidson
Sub
Matt Smith
Sub
Adam Ashe
Sub
Nick Frisby
Sub
Brandon Thomson
Sub
Patrick Kelly
Sub
Nick Grigg
Sub
Robbie Nairn
Sub
DTH van der Merwe
Sub
Rory Hughes