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January 22, 2006Glasgow Warriors 50 - 35 BourgoinHeineken Cup match played at Firhill on Sunday January 22nd 2006 | 14 comments
 Dan Turner was one of Glasgow's try scorers An impressive performance brought Glasgow's Heineken Cup campaign to a close, and also should have eased some of the pressure on the Warriors team. Glasgow ran in seven tries to beat Bourgoin at Firhill and end a poor European campaign on a high note. Winger Mike Roberts touched down twice and Andy Craig added another as the home side trailed 23-22 at the break. With Andy Henderson yellow-carded, the visitors stretched their lead but Glasgow rallied strongly. Dan Turner, Kevin Tkachuk, Rory Lamont and Graeme Morrison all breached the French side's defence, while Colin Gregor's kicking was accurate. Glasgow end the Heineken Cup pool stage bottom of Group 5, with just one win and two bonus points. But seven tries is a new club record in the competition. Glasgow opened urgently, only to gift Anthony Forest a soft try, presenting Benjamin Boyet with a formality of a conversion. The Warriors replied in stirring fashion to level, with Roberts using his power to reach the target - despite having three markers on his back. Gregor's kick was from the widest possible angle, but he made it look simple. The Frenchmen edged back in front almost instantly as Boyet banged over a 30-metre penalty for obstruction. But Roberts raced down the flank and cut inside to complete his double and Gregor was again spot on. Boyet slotted over another penalty after back line offside by Roberts as he tried to latch on to an interception. Bourgoin pinned Glasgow back and the pressure paid off when lock Pascal Pape wheeled across the line at the end of a pick-and-drive move. Boyet added the extras. Warriors reduced the leeway to just three when Gregor walloped over a penalty from 50 metres. And there was a further boost on the stroke of the interval when centre Andy Craig marked his comeback from injury with a fine try set up by another surge from the impressive Roberts. The celebrations were muted, however, as Andy Henderson was sin-binned for his part in a scuffle - Boyet slotting the kick to give Bourgoin a single point lead. The visitors instantly made their numerical advantage count by claiming a try through Wessel Jooste in their opening attack of the second half. The conversion was completed by substitute Alexandre Peclier. They stretched their lead five minutes later when Forest was left with a cruise to the line at the end of a brutal three-quarter move. Warriors refused to buckle and Turner kept them in the game with a bonus-point touchdown, goaled by Gregor. And the contest was thrown wide open midway through the half when Tkachuk ploughed over, with Gregor keeping up his sequence with the boot. Lamont finished off a sizzling handling sequence - Gregor again making it a seven-pointer from wide on the right. Morrison then outpaced the Bourgoin defence, giving Gregor the easy task of bringing up the half-century.
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Posted by hugh on January 22, 2006 07:48 PM | Reply to this comment Glasgow's win over Bourgoin today at Firhill reminded of a time when the Herald employed journalists like Ian Archer Posted by vicki on January 22, 2006 08:02 PM | Reply to this comment A great performance, and a much-needed win! Well done Warriors! Mike Roberts played well, but what did the butterfly wings try celebration signify?!? Posted by don on January 23, 2006 09:36 AM | Reply to this comment hi vicki, i'm mike's mate from back home and i asked him to do that celebration, its something we call double reverse mockage.its a private joke but now everyone knows and i hope he gets to do it every week!! think i picked the right week to travel up to watch, great perfomance Glasgow. Posted by jenni b on January 23, 2006 12:49 PM | Reply to this comment Typical - the first home game I've missed this season and it's a stunner - gutted! Never mind, well done to all the guys and hope this Friday against the Ospreys is just as good. Won't actually be there for that one either as we're off to Murrayfield for the Bell Lawrie White finals night so maybe I'll get to see the much-debated celebration some other time! Posted by McDruid on January 22, 2006 10:44 PM | Reply to this comment The Ws can only play (and beat) the opposition that takes the field, but I don't believe we should get carried away with a win over Bourgoin, who have a shocking record on the road. This was a meaningless fixture, acknowledged by Hugh Campbell's selection of players "to give them game time". That is not to fail to recognise the players' efforts, but simply to point out that they need to win games that matter and that plenty of opportunities to do so will arise in the rest of the Celtic league. Posted by vicki on January 22, 2006 10:49 PM | Reply to this comment On the one hand, I agree, however, although it was a meaningless fixture in the sense we had nothing to play for, would you not agree that it must be a much needed confidence booster before these all important remaining CL fixtures? In the same way, Campbell's choice of giving different players game-time was to enable them to play confidently on Friday against Ospreys, when the internationalists will be on training duty. That's where I see there being importance in winning this game. Posted by pink*panther on January 23, 2006 09:32 AM | Reply to this comment I have to say i dont think this was a meaninless fixture at all! We had pride to play for and a win was needed. Allbeit it wasnt going to get us any further in the competition. I think the team had a great performance and it would be good if they could have more like that, escpecially on Friday when it will mean more that boosting everyones confidence. It doesnt matter who we beat, the improtant thing was we won. Posted by Donald on January 23, 2006 12:00 AM | Reply to this comment After last weekend it was very pleasing to see the team bounce back today even though the performance at times was not good. Hopefully this win will pick everyone up for Friday's game against the Ospreys which is a must win with the CL effectively going into cold storage during the 6 Nations. More of the same on Friday please! Posted by Green on January 23, 2006 12:37 PM | Reply to this comment A great finish and the margin might have been wider but for a fussy referee. Was it my imagination or did the pace pick up with Posted by J.L on January 24, 2006 10:08 AM | Reply to this comment We went from being ahead when Henderson was on the field to being heavily down while he was sin binned. I thought we were always in control of the match otherwise and with plenty of ball did some damage. Posted by Big col on January 23, 2006 08:32 PM | Reply to this comment Great game,shame about the dreadful attendance. 1038 when we regularly had crowds of over 2000 & sometimes 3000.The switch to firhill has not been a great success as claimed it would be. Time to review the situation for next season. Hopefully broken promises will not be advertised or on sale next year Posted by stones on January 24, 2006 01:35 PM | Reply to this comment True - attendance was very poor, although pretty much what was expected. Please remember that the switch to Firrhill was a necessity and not a choice (and I can't ever remember anyone promising it would increase crowd size overnight). Firstly, If the team achieve success then the crowds will increase. If we fail to qualify for next years HC and do poorly in the CL then they won't. I can't see how moving grounds would affect this. Secondly, how can new support be attracted to Firrhill (or anywhere) to watch Warriors when press coverage is sparse and games are poorly promoted (if at all)? Posted by hugues on January 24, 2006 11:11 AM | Reply to this comment Very happy for the warriors! Posted by McDruid on January 26, 2006 01:51 PM | Reply to this comment If the Glasgow team starts winning meaningful fixtures and strings some wins together it will attract support. If not, it won't. Add a comment to this articleIf you're replying to an existing comment, please use the 'Reply to this comment' link above the entry. This will display the comments in a way which is far easier for other readers to follow.
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