Evans' on song for Glasgow
Two tries from Scottish wing Thom Evans, the second just four minutes from full time, helped the Warriors get back to winning ways on Friday night with a 34-20 win over Connacht in the Magners League.
The home side suffered two poor defeats in Europe over the last fortnight but picked up all five points on Friday night at Firhill, providing a much needed confidence boost for Sean Lineen’s camp.
Thom Evans’ brother Max started the scoring after just two minutes. The international centre went over for Glasgow and, along with Parks’ conversion, handed his side an early lead.
Ian Keatley responded with a penalty after 11 minutes but tries from Beattie and Thom Evans helped the home side to a commanding 24-12 lead at half time.
Connacht’s No.10 and Parks exchanged penalties early in the second period before, after 73 minutes, a late Fionn Carr try caused some concern on the Warriors bench.
The concerns were unfounded though as Evans grabbed the late bonus-point try for his team and secured a comfortable win.
The Scorers
For Glasgow
Tries: M Evans, Beattie, T Evans 2
Pen: Parks 2
Cons: Parks 3, Gregor
For Connacht
Tries: Carr
Pen: Keatley 4
DG: Keatley
Teams:
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 Colin Shaw, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Thom Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Al Kellock (captain), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Jon Welsh
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Kevin Tkachuk, 18 Dan Turner, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Mark McMillan, 21 Colin Gregor, 22 Hefin O’Hare
Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Troy Nathan, 13 Niva Ta’auso, 12 Keith Matthews, 11 Fionn Carr, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Frank Murphy, 8 John Muldoon (captain), 7 Johnny O’Connor, 6 Michael McCarthy, 5 Bernie Upton, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Jamie Hagan, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Brett Wilkinson
Replacements: 16 Adrian Flavin, 17 Robbie Morris, 18 Andrew Browne, 19 Ray Ofisa, 20 Conor O’Loughlin, 21 Miah Nikora, 22 Tiernan O’Halloran
Date: Friday, October 23
Venue: Firhill Arena, Glasgow
Time: 19.30 (18.30 GMT)
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Assistant referees: David Changleng (Scotland), Bob Nevins (Scotland)
