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May 25, 2005

Glasgow boys play their part in Barbarians' defeat

Posted by Assistant Editor on May 25, 2005 05:15 PM | 7 comments | Print | E-mail author

Andy was last night's MOTM against the Baa-baas
Last night's historic defeat of the Barbarians will go some way to put a smile back on the faces of all of those involved in Scottish Rugby.

Scotland captain, Jon Petrie lead his team for the first time with an assurance that gained the respect of both his team and the supporters.

"When you are trying to play a different style of rugby it takes time to settle into it but we trusted it and we didn't have to divert to plan B," said JP. "You have to have confidence in the style of play you are trying to play and we proved that it is going to work but we are not getting complacent about things."

His Glasgow colleague, Andy Henderson, was a deserved Man of the Match, and scored the first of Scotland's tries. His play was solid throughout the game, with some impressive tackles being made. Meanwhile, Scott Lawson's first game in a Scotland shirt showed why the hooker has been earning praise from his supporters in Glasgow - he was confident in the set-piece and gave his all in the loose, setting up the opportunity for Andy Henderson to score.

Meanwhile the brothers Lamont both had good games on each wing, although Sean's pace and tackling made his the more prominent performance. Rory was unfortunate to be on the receiving end of several wayward passes, but showed up well in his defensive duties.

The Glasgow lads who came on from the bench played their part in ensuring Scotland held onto, and stretched their lead. Euan Murray's first start saw him shoring up the creaking Scottish scrum, and also showed his versatility in switching from loosehead to tighthead as Bruce Douglas was injured after he came on for Jacobsen. Andy Wilson and Craig Hamilton both played well when they came on, the latter showing enough speed and mobility to give Glasgow supporters a reason to look forward to his arrival next season.

Bevvy came on and looked sharp, working well with Dan Parks, who kicked well and put in Sean Lamont for his try.

Final mention to the other Glasgow player on the park - Kenny Logan had the sun shining on his last professional match and made his final bow to a good reception from the Pittodrie crowd.

Comments
Posted by rhoddy on May 25, 2005 06:05 PM | Reply to this comment

got to say i was really worried about last night thought we might be on the end of a humping, but great result especially the glasgow players and mike blair he is on a par with cusiter if not better in me view

Posted by hugues on May 25, 2005 09:12 PM | Reply to this comment

Very happy for the Scots!!!
I wished Andy all the best in a preview article on the web site.
He's got the shape to be a great centre.
I saw Andy playing few in the six nations last year.
I think he was very brave and intense in defence and apparently he was last night.
I hope he can improve again make other teams afraid by the Scottish midfield.
I wish the Scottish side a real enjoying rugby, a good atmosphere, and improvement till the next World Cup in France.

Posted by Alan on May 25, 2005 09:22 PM | Reply to this comment

Deserved his MOTM ..great try and worked throughout..in fact, the work rate in defence of whole team to keep the Barbarians at 7 points even when the game was won was impressive.. some great hits!

Posted by Kylie on May 25, 2005 11:22 PM | Reply to this comment

Well done boys!!! You put in a brilliant performance, and the win was well deserved! Its about time you had something to smile about!

But I just wanted to point out that on practically every match report for the game last night i have read they say exactly the same thing - i swear each one is a carbon copy of the other! And they don't even get the facts right either because as we all know Sean Lamont scored a try, and not his brother - which according to reporters is what happened! Ridiculous! I mean who couldn't realise that Sean crossed the line - I mean its not like they look anything alike and Rory had been substituted as well?! Perhaps if they had been at the match, or even watched it they might have figured out they were wrong!

Posted by Utah on May 26, 2005 03:07 AM | Reply to this comment

Andy Henderson, was a shoo-in for man-of-the-match. His game was solid throughout. This guy has so much raw talent and they way he played last night he could dominate the NFL. I'd like to see Andy make a code switch...
Sorry to all u glasgow rugby fans!

Posted by Gary IPA on May 26, 2005 10:34 AM | Reply to this comment

I would expect he would want to continue playing real sport ;-)

Posted by Highlandbrave75 on May 26, 2005 03:29 PM | Reply to this comment

Oh yeah...I can see him walking straight onto an NFL roster spot without a shadow of a doubt!~?# lol

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