Glasgow Warriors vs Stormers

Glasgow Warriors overcame defending United Rugby Championship champions Stormers in a thrilling encounter. Sebastian Cancelliere and Kyle Steyn went over ...

To take them on at the scrum at the end is a rewarding feeling. With 76 minutes on the clock, the Warriors made a huge call to go for a scrum five metres out rather than take on what was, even in deteriorating conditions, a kickable penalty. Glasgow put up a mighty defence of their try-line, but were undone by a brilliant fizzing pass from Paul de Wet, which took out three defenders and put Blommetjies over in the corner to regain the lead. Glasgow head coach Franco Smith: "The guys stepped up to the plate again. Jack Dempsey turned on the power in the other direction, the Glasgow number eight punching a hole straight through the South African side's defence. Glasgow elected to go from deep and set Cancelliere free out wide.

A last gasp try from Argentina wing Sebastian Cancellieri grabbed the Glasgow Warriors a dramatic 24-17 win over the DHL Stormers at Scotstoun in Glasgow in ...

Sure enough ground made by Steyn down the left flank eventually led to a dazzling finish from Jones that, with the George Horne conversion, put Glasgow into a 17-12 lead after 52 minutes. And had they increased that lead during a dominant third quarter, no one would have quibbled. So was the penalty he was presented with a few minutes later. The winning Cancellieri try came when the ball was grubbered behind the Stormers defence and with few Stormers players at home it was the pacy Cancellieri that profited form a bounce that went his way. It will probably irk the Stormers that the second Warriors try, scored by Steyn off a long-range attack as impressive as the one that netted the first try, came when the home team was still down to 14. Well, they’ve learned from what was drummed out to them at DHL Stadium, with this being their sixth successive victory and it being achieved with a game, with the Glasgow willingness to attack from deep and the way they exploited their defence out wide, that was very similar to what the Stormers do to their opponents.

With wet conditions expected today again, this resilient Stormers side need to make sure of their execution on attack in particular.

“It is going to be a really hard away game. “We are not going to change our plan fundamentally. “We expect them (Glasgow) to play a multi-phase game. We need to be better in those conditions, because we can’t allow that to cost us games that we feel we should be good enough to win,” Dobson said. And we haven’t even got to the actual rugby side of it. It was raining, and I think Hacjivah (Dayimani) would have gone to sleep last night (happy) with his decision not to come to Glasgow,” Stormers coach John Dobson said this week.

The Stormers will be aiming to banish some of their struggles on tour when they take on Glasgow Warriors in their URC match on Sunday.

“But we need to be better in these games and in these conditions, because we can’t allow the conditions to cost us in games that we feel we should be winning. We were making about seven to eight changes per match up until the Clermont game (in December),” explained Dobson. “To make just one voluntary change this week, unlike last week which was a single injury forced change, is very pleasing for me. It is interesting how big the debate is here on whether rugby should be played on a 4G pitch. “I don’t think we appreciated how big a difference it is playing on a 4G pitch. “We do need to get better.

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Passing with intent, recycling with purpose and attacking the gainline at pace, the Warriors ran the defending champions ragged, Jones finishing off an impressive team effort to snatch a 17-12 lead. Cancellerie, in particular, was a handful throughout the encounter and kept the Stormers guessing with his beguiling pace and tricky runs. The game certainly had an enjoyable to-and-fro from that opening try, the Stormers hitting back almost immediately after setting up an attacking maul.

A last gasp try from Argentina wing Sebastian Cancellieri grabbed the Glasgow Warriors a dramatic 24-17 win over the DHL Stormers at Scotstoun in Glasgow in ...

Sure enough ground made by Steyn down the left flank eventually led to a dazzling finish from Jones that, with the George Horne conversion, put Glasgow into a 17-12 lead after 52 minutes. And had they increased that lead during a dominant third quarter, no one would have quibbled. So was the penalty he was presented with a few minutes later. The winning Cancellieri try came when the ball was grubbered behind the Stormers defence and with few Stormers players at home it was the pacy Cancellieri that profited form a bounce that went his way. It will probably irk the Stormers that the second Warriors try, scored by Steyn off a long-range attack as impressive as the one that netted the first try, came when the home team was still down to 14. Well, they’ve learned from what was drummed out to them at DHL Stadium, with this being their sixth successive victory and it being achieved with a game, with the Glasgow willingness to attack from deep and the way they exploited their defence out wide, that was very similar to what the Stormers do to their opponents.

A sensational 78th-minute try from Sebastian Cancelliere secured a dramatic bonus-point 24-17 win for Glasgow Warriors in an exhilarating...

[Sione Tuipulotu](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/sione-tuipulotu/) and [Ollie Smith](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/ollie-smith/) sent skipper [Kyle Steyn](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/kyle-steyn/) over. [Paul de Wet](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/albertus-de-wet/) sent full-back [Clayton Blommetjies](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/clayton-blommetjies/) over. [Junior Pokomela](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/junior-sipato-pokomela/), and Libbock missed the conversion, it left the scores tied going into the final 10 minutes. [Joseph Dweba](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/joeseph-dweba/) rolled off the back of a line-out maul and powered over the line. [Lewis Bean](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/lewis-bean/) was sent to the sin-bin for obstruction. [Huw Jones](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/huw-jones/) hit a brilliant line and then sent Cancelliere over.

A brace from the Argentinian flyer – allied to scores from Kyle Steyn and Player of the Match Huw Jones – sent the Warrior Nation home delirious, after a ...

Roared on by the Warrior Nation, the home side shook off the blow as the rain began to fall and set about in pursuit of a match-deciding intervention. The Warriors were knocking on the door, however, and that door was beginning to creak. Libbok and Jordan were looking to marshal their respective offences, the former almost putting Leolin Zas away with a cross-kick were it not for the intervention of Steyn. Yet even with a man on the sidelines, the Warriors weren’t messing around with ball in hand. The centre’s return ball was perfectly timed to Cancelliere, the winger twisting and turning before diving over in front of the West Stand. A turnover in midfield saw Tom Jordan and Ollie Smith combine to free Cancelliere, the Argentinian scampering up the touchline before finding Huw Jones on the inside.

78th minute Sebastian Cancelliere try secures dramatic win for Glasgow Warriors over Stormers, while Huw Jones named man-of-match.

To take them on at the scrum at the end is a rewarding feeling.” After getting assists for the first two tries, he got himself on the score sheet 10 minutes into the second half when he skipped inside three Stormers tacklers and darted over the line. “It was fantastic to see that we have the confidence now to take on the best teams in the competition in these areas. If you kick at goal with seven minutes to go, you end up back defending in your half. They’ll head to Perpignan for next weekend’s Challenge Cup clash full of confidence, although head coach Franco Smith was typically cautious as he assessed the landscape. We scrummed really well, we drove well, defended well, and used our kicking game well.

Six of the best for Glasgow Warriors. What a statement this was as Franco Smith's side made it half-a-dozen wins on the bounce by defeating the defending ...