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Glasgow 'dismal' in URC defeat as Edinburgh underwhelm in win

2025-11-30 17:01
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Glasgow 'dismal' in URC defeat as Edinburgh underwhelm in win

Glasgow lost 23-0 to Scarlets and Edinburgh edged out Ospreys 19-17. Coughed up possession and handed a desperate Scarlets team momentum and hope. Jare Oguntibeju and Dan Lancaster were the worst on t...

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We asked Glasgow and Edinburgh fans for their views on their teams' URC weekend action.

Glasgow lost 23-0 to Scarlets and Edinburgh edged out Ospreys 19-17.

What Glasgow fans said:

Tom: I was at the game and could not believe none of our players were able to keep the ball for more than a couple of phases. Coughed up possession and handed a desperate Scarlets team momentum and hope. Jare Oguntibeju and Dan Lancaster were the worst on the night but everyone was culpable. I hope Franco Smith gives them a rocket for letting the fans down.

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David: Dismal performance from what should be a top-level team, albeit not with their first-string players. They had better players with a higher skill set than Scarlets, however they were pushed around in the scrum and couldn't challenge the line-out with any consistency. It also seemed that any time they had possession they'd elect to kick, give away penalties, drop the ball and generally played as if there was no plan. If you want to win the season you really can't afford to take your foot off the pedal.

Garry: It looked like the classic example of 'never underestimate your opponent'. Scarlets turned up expecting a tough game and Warriors didn't turn up. Very poor display from Warriors. Scarlets earned that win.

Kenny: Hard to pinpoint exactly what went wrong here. Basically nothing seemed to go right. The lengthy international breaks always seems to disrupt much of the club season each year, yet Scarlets handled this situation much better than us.

What Edinburgh fans said:

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Keith: A win is about all you can say. Good performance from Harri Morris with a try and perfect line-out, but should have won that easily considering opposition.

Adam: A frantic performance and a team clearly rusty from lack of playing time together, while the same could not be said of this Ospreys team. They were a huge pack by the way. We were lucky to win, so easily could have gone the other way. I am not sure about Ross Thompson at fly-half, his poor kick gave Ospreys their first try. His kicks for touch were generally poor, while his running game just doesn't bring any class to our performance. I would prefer to look to Cammy Scott, maybe someone who can make it happen in this position.

Stair: Edinburgh lacked invention and really struggled against a poor Ospreys team. The introduction of Scott changed the attacking intent of Edinburgh. Although they struggled to see out the game, they were far more entertaining in the last 20 minutes.

Rod: Two very poor teams. Edinburgh with endless mistakes, too many box kicks to nowhere and very little, if any, imagination in attack versus an Ospreys team who were even worse. Someone needs to finally sort Edinburgh out. We won but this was embarrassing. If this continues next week RC Toulon will win by a landslide.

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