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September 23, 2011

Glasgow Warriors 13 - 15 Benetton Treviso

GUINNESS PRO12 match played at Firhill on Friday September 23rd 2011 | 2 comments

Tom Ryder stood out for Glasgow
Benetton Treviso recorded their first ever away victory in the RaboDirect PRO12 with a dogged victory over Glasgow at the Firhill Arena, with all of their points coming from the boot of fly-half Kristopher Burton.

Warriors had been aiming to maintain the momentum they had gained after last week's impressive win over Leinster, yet they put in a very flat performance, managing to muster a sole Duncan Weir try, along with kicks from Weir and replacement fly-half Scott Wight, who missed a gilt-edged chance late on to steal the win.

It was the hosts who were first to get off the mark, a flowing move creating sufficient space for Weir to squeeze over in the corner for a self-converted score.

Treviso fly-half Burton soon had his side on the scoreboard, however, atoning for an early penalty miss with a successful attempt on 20 minutes.

Glasgow's frequent indiscipline at the breakdown was proving to be costly, and their cause was not aided when, midway through the half, they were reduced to 14 men, hooker Pat MacArthur ordered to the sin-bin for excessive use of the boot at a ruck.

From the resulting penalty, Burton reduced the Warriors' lead to a single point with an accurate penalty effort.

Despite arguably having less of the play, it was the Italians who went into the break with the scoreboard in their favour, a further Burton penalty on the stroke of half-time handing them the advantage.

If the first half had been a drab affair, the second period was increasingly stodgy, the pernickety approach of referee Alan Falzone preventing the game from developing any flow or rhythm and restricting scoring opportunities.

Weir and Burton traded penalties to ensure the Italians maintained their two-point advantage heading into the final quarter, despite having played a period with reduced numbers, with captain Antonio Pavanello serving time in the bin for repeated offences at the breakdown.

The home side did have the chance to regain the lead after a period of sustained pressure, but Weir skewed his penalty attempt horribly wide.

With the Warriors firmly in the ascendancy it was only a matter of time until they had their noses in front once again, and a calmly struck penalty from replacement Wight secured the hosts a slender advantage heading into the final throes.

Yet that advantage was short-lived, the boot of Burton once again proving to be accurate as he coolly slotted a drop goal.

Tensions ran high in the closing stages as Glasgow became increasingly riled by a number of decisions handed down by Falzone, and their state of mind was not helped when Wight's drop goal attempt flew wide of the mark.

And it was the former Melrose man who had the last opportunity to snatch the win for his side, but from only 15 metres out his effort on goal sailed wide of the left-hand upright.

Glasgow Warriors head coach, Sean Lineen, said: “It’s incredibly disappointing to have lost tonight. The crowd wanted us to win so much.

“It’s not that the effort isn’t there or that the players don’t want it.

“There was a lot of missed opportunities tonight and we didn’t handle Treviso’s game plan well. I would have to ask our players if a lot of the decisions they made they would make again. However, Burton controlled the game brilliantly from ten and took his chances.

“We must just keep learning, but the lows are very low and we’re not feeling good right now. We really wanted to deliver a good result for our fans, and it just didn’t happen.”

Referee Alan Falzone(Italy)
Attendance 2,864
Man of the Match Tom Ryder
Team
1
Ryan Grant
2
Pat MacArthur
3
Ed Kalman
4
Tom Ryder
5
Nick Campbell
6
Robert Harley
7
Chris Fusaro
8
Ryan Wilson
9
Henry Pyrgos
10
Duncan Weir
11
Colin Shaw
12
Troy Nathan
13
Peter Horne
14
Federico Aramburu
15
Stuart Hogg
Sub
Finlay Gillies
Sub
Gordon Reid
Sub
Michael Cusack
Sub
James Eddie
Sub
John Beattie
Sub
Colin Gregor
Sub
Scott Wight
Sub
Tommy Seymour
Match Substitutions
Off On
Pat MacArthur Finlay Gillies
Off On
Ed Kalman Michael Cusack
Off On
Henry Pyrgos Colin Gregor
Off On
Nick Campbell James Eddie
Off On
Ryan Wilson John Beattie
Off On
Colin Shaw Tommy Seymour
Off On
Duncan Weir Scott Wight
Scorers
Duncan Weir Try 
Duncan Weir Conversion
Duncan Weir Penalty
Scott Wight Penalty
Posted by GlasgowFan on September 24, 2011 10:56 PM | Reply to this comment

No Excuse for the display on Friday night.

Posted by mediumsizedal on September 26, 2011 08:49 PM | Reply to this comment

Agree - dreadful performance. They are professional players & I pay good money to see my team win. I don't want good triers but losers. A result like this is totally unacceptable. The players & coaches need to take a long hard look at themselves & their methods, finishing second bottom in the league again (or worse) is not where Glasgow should be. I'm not denying the players put in effort, but it is not producing the goods & if the players are not good enough then steps must be taken to improve the squad. There is no point in saying that most of the first XV are at the world cup, it was the same for Treviso & they seemed to cope much better. Based on this result, the Edinburgh score & the result against Argentina Scottish rugby is not in a good place. Hope the boys prove me wrong against England!!

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