Glasgow Warriors hosted the Emirates Lions today and had to work extremely hard to beat the Lions 16-12 in an arm wrestle. The Emirates Lions will rue the decision to refuse 3 easy attempts to convert a penalty and rather opted to kick for the corner instead.
02:14 Jamie Bhatti scored the Warriors' 1st try after just 2 minutes. The Warriors attacked from a 5m lineout and eventually got it down under the poles (07-00).
05:46 EW Viljoen converted the Lions 1st penalty (07-03).
15:38 Ross Thompson converted his 1st penalty goal (10-03).
20:00 The Warriors started like a house on fire, and have the momentum after the first 20 minutes of the game. However, the Lions is still in the game slowly clawed their way back into the game.
27:44 EW Viljoen converted his 2nd penalty (10-06).
40:00 The Lions are hanging on for dear life, however, in the last ten minutes of the first half, there was a definite momentum shift towards the Lions.
42:30 EW Viljoen converted his 3rd penalty (10-09).
60:00 The arm wrestle continued with the Lions guilty of declining 3 attempts at goal which could have put them in the lead. The match is extremely even with the bounce of the ball set to decide this match.
71:13 Ross Thompson converted his 2nd penalty. A knock-on from the Lions' fullback Divan Rossouw inside his 22m allowed the Warriors to attack and earn the penalty (13-09).
Scorers:
Glasgow Warriors: Try: Jamie Bhatti. Conversion: Ross Thompson. Penalty: Ross Thompson (2).
Emirates Lions: Penalties: EW Viljoen (3).
Teams:
Glasgow Warriors: 15. Cole Forbes, 14. Kyle Steyn, 13. Nick Grigg, 12. Sam Johnson, 11. Rufus McLean, 10. Ross Thompson, 9. Jamie Dobie, 8. Jack Dempsey, 7. Rory Darge, 6. Ryan Wilson, 5. Richie Gray, 4. Lewis Bean, 3. Murray McCallum, 2. Fraser Brown, 1. Jamie Bhatti. Replacements: 16. Johnny Matthews, 17. Brad Thyer, 18. Murphy Walker, 19. Rob Harley, 20. Matt Fagerson, 21. George Horne, 22. Duncan Weir, 23. Sione Tuipulotu.
Emirates Lions: 15. Divan Rossouw, 14. Stean Pienaar, 13. Manuel Rass, 12. Burger Odendaal (c), 11. Rabz Maxwane, 10. EW Viljoen, 9. Andre Warner, 8. Ruhan Straeuli, 7. Vincent Tshituka, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Pieter Janse van Vuren, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Jaco Visagie, 1. Sti Sithole. Replacements: 16. PJ Botha, 17. Morgan Naude, 18. Carlu Sadie, 19. Reinhard Nothnagel, 20. Sibusiso Sangweni, 21. Morne van den Berg, 22. Matt More, 23. Wandisile Simelane.