Summary
Glasgow 40 - 14 Hawick Towards the end there was a spring in the Hawks' step and some sparkle in their running, but it was a flourishing finish to an otherwise grim match that allowed Ricky Munday to collect a hat-trick of tries. They gathered the bonus point that protected their position at the top of the BT Premiership in workmanlike fashion, but Peter Wright, their demanding coach, would have been startled by the looseness of some of their early play.
Ultimately, the Hawks won because they had a marked superiority in a handful of significant areas rather than any glow of all-round excellence. This was a scrappy, feisty contest, riddled with errors and overseen by a maddeningly pernickety referee. You could pick out the odd cameo in the Hawks' side for commendation, and you would also have warmed to the resilience of Hawick in the later stages, but the spectacle as a whole was alarmingly scrappy.See the full content of this document
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[ Glasgow 40 ]
It also speaks volumes that three of the Hawks' six tries came directly from catch-and-drive lineouts. That they had the confid...
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