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September 23, 2017

Scott makes his mark

Posted by Editor on September 23, 2017 10:17 PM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Scott Cummings has started Glasgow's first four games
A try from Scott Cummings secured the bonus-point win over Munster as the Warriors put together their display of the new season.

The 20-year-old has started in all of Glasgow's first four games of the new PRO14 campaign and it's clear new head coach Dave Rennie is a fan of the lock forward.

"Scott is an outstanding prospect," said Rennie inThe Telegraph. "He's one hell of an athlete. He scored a try [against the Dragons] in pre-season from about 50 yards so he's quick, but he also runs great lines and has a great pair of hands. He's a young man who's developing his physicality and he's still got shifts to make there but he's got the potential to be pretty special so that's the reason he's played a lot of footie for us so far."

Scott was part of youthful front five that started in Friday's 37-10 win over Munster and he thinks Warriors are starting to click.

"Over the previous three weeks, we felt we hadn't actually performed," said Scott. "Munster came over here three from three and with a great away record, but we knew that if we could match them physically, our speed would eventually prevail. We're finally clicking and certainly gelling as an attacking team.

"Dave says that one of the differences between northern and southern hemisphere rugby is the front five's ability to play with the ball, so we have done a lot more work in the front five on handling, our speed in the game, to make sure we have 15 players on the pitch who can all handle, all carry, all run support lines. Three of the tries against Munster had forwards showing good hands to be involved.

"We know that if we keep the tempo high sides will drop off in the last 20. We are extremely fit and expect to step up a level in the last 20. If we just kept going at it then eventually there will be spaces. Our mantra is that we're going to play the ball as quickly as possible, that we'll never slow the ball down - instead we'll keep it moving. The opportunities tend to come when we've had three minutes of phase and both teams are tired, but we can keep going and move the ball a wee bit quicker."