Glasgow back on track
Glasgow snapped a run of six Magners League matches without a win with an incident-packed 25-17 victory over Treviso.
Last Updated: 18/03/11 10:22pm
Glasgow snapped a run of six Magners League matches without a win with an incident-packed 25-17 victory over Treviso.
The Warriors, who remain second-bottom of the standings, were deserved winners, scoring three times in as many minutes through prop Jon Welsh, centre Peter Murchie and wing Alex Dunbar.
Treviso battled hard and got on the board with tries from Michele Rizzo and Ludovico Nitoglia with number 10 Willem de Waal kicking two conversions and a penalty.
Both sides were well under strength, Glasgow were missing 17 players with six on international duty and 11 injured, while Treviso had 10 men on RBS Six Nations duty with Italy.
And it was the visitors who started the quickest, flanker Gonzalo Padro running deep into Glasgow's 22 and prop Rizzo eventually slipping over from seven metres and De Waal converted from far out.
Glasgow's discipline at the set-piece then slipped. Treviso stuck a penalty into the home 22 where Glasgow gave away a free-kick followed by a penalty that De Waal kicked to give the Italians a 10-0 lead after 23 minutes.
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In the 34th minute Glasgow were forced into a change when lock Tom Ryder limped off and the appearance of sub James Eddie brought a change of Glasgow's fortunes.
He immediately hustled De Waal into an error and from the possession Eddie was driven over but unable to ground the ball. However, following the scrum, Weir kicked a penalty.
Glasgow finished the half strongly and the hosts got their reward on the half-time whistle with Welsh scoring and Duncan Weir converting to send the teams in level at 10-10.
Glasgow began the second half where they left off and looked well on their way to a bonus-point win with two tries in the first five minutes, the first coming from Murchie with Weir converting, then high-tempo play saw Weir put in left wing Dunbar for an unconverted try.
Glasgow were now motoring but were brought down to earth in the 49th minute when a move broke down deep in the Treviso 22 from where the visitors broke upfield and Nitoglia touched down for De Waal to convert and cut the deficit to five points.
Glasgow could not get the bonus-point try, hooker Fergus Thomson coming closest, but a Weir penalty seven minutes from time extended their winning margin to eight points.
