Edinburgh edge Glasgow in 1872 cup decider

MATCH REPORT: Edinburgh managed to stun the defending United Rugby Championship champions to claim a hard-fought 10-7 win over Glasgow Warriors in the 1872 Cup decider.

In what was a tight opening 20 minutes, with no team giving the other an inch, the match was a stalemate until the 22nd minute when Ross Thompson slotted a penalty to open the scoring which would be the only score of the half.

Glasgow’s discipline didn’t help their cause when they were in good positions to convert territory into points, with the hosts also squandering a few opportunities in the red-zone.

The second-half saw Edinburgh dominate territory and possession as Glasgow’s ill-discipline continued to be an issue.

Glasgow’s defensive work kept Edinburgh out and pushed them back on more than one occasion and forced the errors from the hosts.

Glasgow broke the try-scoring deadlock when penalty try was awarded in the 68th minute with Harrison recieving a yellow card for collapsing the Glasgow maul.

Two minutes later Pierre Schoeman crossed the line with a try of his own through a rolling maul to get Edinburgh back in front.

Glasgow had one final opportunity to win it with three minutes to to inside Edinburgh’s half with an attacking scrum, but the hosts’ defensive efforts saw Glasgow make the error with the ball going forward into touch with seconds remaining.

The hosts, whose scrum was operating like a well oiled machine all night opted for the eight-man set-piece which was enough to see Edinburgh get the win against the defending champions.

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For Edinburgh
Try: Schoeman
Con: Healy
Pen: Thompson

For Glasgow
Penalty try does not require a conversion

Yellow card: Paddy Harrison (Edinburgh – cynical: collapsing a maul preventing a possible try 68′)

Teams:

Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Mosese Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ali Price, 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Luke Crosbie, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 D’arcy Rae, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Paddy Harrison, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 James Lang

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Steyn (C), 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Matt Fagerson, 6 Ally Miller, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Patrick Schickerling, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Grant Stewart, 21 Angus Fraser, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Duncan Weir

Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) and Jonny Perriam (Scotland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)