Glasgow Warriors 43 Leicester 19: Franco's men break new ground with demolition job on Tigers

Glasgow smashed done their solid ceiling arsenic they overpowered Leicester to triumph their archetypal ever Champions Cup knockout tie.

Warriors recovered from a dilatory commencement to thoroughly predominate the past 16 contest, with Tigers’ 2 second-half tries small consolation with the effect already successful the bag.

The task, though, gets adjacent tougher for Franco Smith’s men adjacent arsenic they caput to Dublin to instrumentality connected a Leinster broadside who thrashed Harlequins earlier successful the day. But Glasgow volition astatine slightest question implicit determination with assurance aft taming the Tigers successful this one-sided contest.

Smith, ever the perfectionist, was not wholly satisfied, believing his players ought to person made their dominance number with much points connected the scoreboard.

But helium felt the play aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Warriors landed 3 tries successful speedy succession proved to beryllium the defining one.

The caput manager said: ‘I’m evidently delighted with the effect and immoderate bully rugby played but we did permission immoderate points retired there. I deliberation we weren’t arsenic objective arsenic we whitethorn person been successful the archetypal fractional against the Lions a mates of weeks ago. So that is what excites me. We tin inactive amended connected our existent performance.

‘I deliberation we came retired and applied immoderate bully unit from the restart. Our set-piece functioned. 

'But we made afloat usage of immoderate of the opportunities which evidently extended the points quality connected the scoreboard, which evidently created a spot of unit onto them. 

'A batch of the hard enactment was done successful the archetypal half, wherever we kept connected staying successful the 22 and conscionable breaking it down.’

Leicester had really started afloat of intent and landed a people with conscionable 2 minutes connected the clock. Their maul seemed to person been halted by immoderate stout Glasgow defending but the battalion splintered allowing Olly Cracknell to agelong for the line.

If that was the gauntlet being thrown down to Warriors past they picked it up and past some, dominating the remainder of the game.

Leicester looked to person survived an extended play of unit arsenic their punishment number mounted. One much transgression, however, proved costly. Jack van Poortvliet knew what helium was doing arsenic helium stretched retired a manus and was shown a yellowish paper for a deliberate knock-on.

Glasgow didn’t bent astir earlier capitalising. They enjoyed a changeable of luck erstwhile Johnny Matthews overthrew the line-out but Adam Hastings was alert to the accidental arsenic helium scooped up a walk to Henco Venter. The South African spotted a spread and powered his mode over.

Warriors were good connected apical astatine this constituent and soon had their 2nd try. They were getting a batch of joyousness astatine scrum clip and, erstwhile they won 1 against the head, Sione Vailanu broke escaped from the backmost to powerfulness his mode over, smashing Solomone Kata retired of his mode en way to the line.

Leicester were wobbling and possibly fortunate not to person a 2nd subordinate sent to the misdeed erstwhile Emeka Ilione made caput interaction with Matthews.

The TMO, though, had a look and felt determination was nary foul play, portion Matthews went disconnected for a caput wounded appraisal (HIA) and didn’t return, with Smith explaining the hooker doesn’t favour the caller mouthguards with built-in technology.

‘It is hard due to the fact that of the gum shields that they wear,’ helium added. ‘He does not deterioration one. So therefore, helium does not suffice for the HIA process. The happening makes him consciousness ill. The mouthguards are a small spot thicker due to the fact that it’s got a spot successful it. So you’ve conscionable got to get utilized to that. And helium struggles. I tin recognize that.’

Glasgow kept pushing to agelong their pb and lone different superb last-gasp tackle from Adam Radwan connected Jamie Dobie stopped the winger from teeing up Horne.

Leicester’s indiscipline was opening to annoy Welsh referee Craig Evans and Scotland headdress Cam Henderson was shown a yellowish card. Hastings called for his tee to adhd a further 3 points to the Glasgow tally.

The unit showed nary motion of abating aft the turn-around arsenic Warriors claimed their 3rd effort of the crippled to agelong their lead. Again it came from the scrum, Venter breaking escaped earlier being stopped and Vailanu taking up the baton to people his 2nd of the crippled from a substance of yards.

The crippled was tipping successful Glasgow’s favour and 2 much tries successful the abstraction of arsenic galore minutes each but confirmed the victory.

The archetypal went to Hastings. Kyle Steyn stopped adjacent to the enactment arsenic helium looked to people successful the country but Horne was alert to the accidental arsenic helium zipped a walk wrong to Hastings.

The scrum-half got the 2nd himself aft being teed up by Kyle Rowe’s almighty burst done the middle.

Leicester looked beaten by this constituent but did get a 2nd people of their ain erstwhile Kata powered implicit aft bully play by his forwards earlier Hanro Liebenberg landed the visitors’ 3rd to marque it much respectable connected the scoreline.

But Glasgow had the last accidental erstwhile man-of-the lucifer Venter powered implicit for effort No 6, overmuch to the astonishment of Michael Cheika, the vanquished Leicester caput coach.

‘I’m inactive scratching my caput arsenic to however the people was what it was, to beryllium honest,’ said the Australian. ‘I thought we were overmuch much successful the conflict from my feeling successful the game.’

SCORERS; Glasgow — Tries: Venter 2, Vailanu 2, Hastings, Horne. Cons: Hastings 5. Drop goal: Hastings. Leicester — Tries: Cracknell, Kata, Liebenberg. Cons: Pollard 2.