Hawks Warriors and Country Music

With the news that Warriors hit Aberdeen next week it evokes memories of 2004 when Hawks hosted Grammar at Old Anniesland as a curtain raiser for the Inter City
The matches even attracted Country music superstar LeAnn Rimes


Country Music star LeAnn Rimes took in both the Hawks and Glasgow matches.She is on her first UK Tour.


No bogey this time
Alex Gordon of the Sunday Herald reports from at Old Anniesland



THE final score was probably a poor reflection of a match which Grammar kept close until the closing two minutes. The visitors have been a bit of a bogey side for Hawks and at one stage, it looked as if they would continue to do so.
The defending champions opened the scoring in eight minutes in the face of a strong wind. Their continuity play through both forwards and backs was breathtaking as players appeared on the shoulder of tackled comrades, swamping Grammar’s defence.

The move which eventually started the score began on their own 22, running through a half dozen phases before Fergus Thomson flipped the ball to Mark Sitch who went over for the try. Adamson converted with Hawks looking to be in control. Despite this, Grammar hauled back three points to a Keith Oddie penalty.

A midfield break by Ricky Munday saw the centre slice through the spectating cover. By the time he was caught, wing Wes Henry had angled a run inside to go over, brushing aside the Mark MacLean.

A mis-conversion saw the end of Hawks’ scoring with Aberdeen pulling back six points through two penalties. The visitors were threatening when perhaps they should have been buried.

Early in the second half, Hawks dominated proceedings. A strong line-out ball saw them close and they were almost over in 53 but Ally MacLay dropped a ball over the line when tackled. It was a brief respite for Grammar as Fergus Thomson went over following second phase ball after a catch and drive in 54 minutes.

With Adamson’s conversion, the lead was 10 and a bonus point loomed.

However, it fell to Aberdeen to raise their game and make it a match. Seldom outside Hawks 22 in the following 20 minutes. Tani Jerievitch narrowing the score with a flop over the line in 65 minutes following an Aberdeen catch and drive.

With Oddie’s conversion, Hawks seemed to struggle.

A Kenny Sinclair clearance seemed simply to offer relief for the home pack as it took them out of their half in 73 minutes. But the advantage was greater still when Hawks pinned the visitors. They pulled ahead with a Henry try in 78 and the match seemed over but the Irish wing had one last say as he chased another Sinclair clearance, re-visiting the same corner for his hat trick.
Glasgow Hawks: C Shaw; W Henry, A MacLay, R Munday, S Low; M Adamson, K Sinclair, E Milligan, F Thomson, G Mories, F Warnock, R Maxton, S Swindall, N McKenzie, M Sitch. Replacements used: G Perret, P Dalton, J McLay.

Aberdeen GS FP: R Seid; C Philips, S Arnold, P Hudson, J Dunn; K Oddie, M MacLean; D Massey, T Dinnen, S Corsar, C McCaul, A Pulman, J Watt, D Teague, G Strang. Replacements used: M Stanning, M Low, B Currie, T Jerievitch.

Referee: M Changleng (Gala).


And then the Inter City;
Iain Morrison of Scotland on Sunday reports;

Dogged Glasgow bombard Gunners

IAIN MORRISON AT ANNIESLAND


GLASGOW 12
EDINBURGH 10

WITH the amount of ball they had to play with, Edinburgh should have had this match wrapped up by half time. But instead they lost it in a dramatic finale.

They probably thought that the points were in the bag when replacement flanker David Callum picked the ball up from the base of an attacking scrum and slumped over the Glasgow line deep inside the final quarter. Chris Paterson’s conversion gave his side the lead for the first time in the match, but Dan Parks proved the home hero as he kicked all his side’s points, including a late, late penalty to snatch victory at the death.

Paterson was left to rue an earlier penalty attempt that had hit the post. The match ended with high drama as Paterson attempted to reclaim the lead with his own last-ditch penalty attempt but the final kick of the match drifted wide and the honours went west.

Glasgow coach Hugh Campbell admitted: "If you look at the statistics, we stole the victory because Edinburgh had all the possession and all the territory but we deserved the win because we showed real character in defence out there."

The match may have been short on running rugby but the intensity was several light years away from what is usually seen when two Scottish sides collide and the dramatic final quarter ensured that the 2,100 fans stayed to the bitter (for Edinburgh) end. This rivalry dates back 132 years but rarely can the contest have been so bad tempered. There was a brace of yellow cards, a mass punch-up and enough handbags to supply Gucci for a lifetime.

The feisty atmosphere seemed to favour Glasgow, who found themselves three points to the good in as many minutes thanks to a Parks penalty but they barely had time to congratulate themselves before they were fully employed in desperate defending which was pretty much the story for the rest of the match.

The game was played at a fast and furious pace from the off, with both sides committed to attacking with the ball in hand. Edinburgh enjoyed the bulk of possession but they were guilty of moving the ball too wide too early. In contrast, Glasgow were far more direct and, more importantly, they brought to their play a conviction that was almost wholly absent from their last outing against the Borders. With Glasgow 3-0, up the game should have swung Edinburgh’s way, with two yellow cards brandished at home players within two minutes. The first went to Donnie Macfadyen for handling in a ruck after the flanker had already earned himself a reprimand. The second went to Kelly, for stamping, but only after intervention from the far touch judge.

With a two-man advantage, Edinburgh had numerous chances to steal the lead but somehow couldn’t find their way over the line, although Scott Murray will still be claiming that he grounded the ball for years to come. So both Macfadyen and Kelly were able to return to the action without a point scored. Even when Edinburgh worked their way up to the Glasgow danger zone, another lineout went begging due to a wayward throw and instead Glasgow went into the dressing room 6-0 up thanks to Parks’ second penalty just before the break.

The Edinburgh try that had looked inevitable for most of the first half looked equally inevitable at the beginning of the second. Edinburgh’s Kelly ignored Allister Hogg lurking unmarked outside him for a sure score and the No.8 also spilled a scoring pass from Brendan Laney, who had made a magical scything break up the middle. Sean Lamont bundled his opposite number Simon Webster into touch inches from the line and Edinburgh finally opted to kick one of their many penalties at goal with Paterson doing the dutiful six minutes after the restart.

Edinburgh continued to make the running and almost scored when Blair took a quick penalty and moved the ball to Paterson who had acres of space on the left wing but somehow the cover defence dealt with the immediate threat and Allan Jacobsen’s handling let him down under the posts. Almost inevitably, since Edinburgh couldn’t score, Glasgow showed them how when Parks dropped a peach of a goal just as the match entered its final quarter. Edinburgh kicked yet another penalty into touch and from the resulting scrum Callum contributed the first try on the match on 67 minutes.

Paterson hit the conversion but his joy was short-lived because Parks’ three-pointer gave Glasgow the honours while Edinburgh remain without a win.

Glasgow: S Barrow (K Logan 75 min), R Kerr, G Morrison, A Henderson, S Lamont; D Parks, S Pinder; A Kelly, G Bulloch (S Lawson 40 min), L Harrison (E Murray 65 min), A Hall, D Turner (J Beattie 60 min), A Wilson (P dearlove 52 min), D Macfadyen, J Petrie.

Edinburgh: H Southwell, S Webster, B Laney, C Joiner, C Paterson; P Godman, M Blair: A Jacobsen, A Kelly (D Hall 60 min), J Brannigan (Smith 52 min), N Hines, S Murray, T Blackadder, S Cross (D Callum 60 min) A Hogg.

Referee: Olan Trevor (Ireland).

Scorers: Glasgow - Pens: Parks (2). DG: Parks. Edinburgh - Try: Callum. Conv: Paterson Pen: Paterson.

This article was posted on 1-Aug-2013, 07:26 by Hugh Barrow.