Glasgow under-18 team have beaten @EdinburghRugby U18's 41-10 at Lochinch. Zach Mercer, Ronan Joy & Josh Laird scored second half tries.

Glasgow Warriors under-18's went head-to-head with their Edinburgh Rugby counterparts at Lochinch yesterday afternoon.

The two sides met at Murrayfield last month with the Warriors winning the first leg 12-3 on a wet night in the capital.

In the return fixture the hosts started strongly securing the ball from the kick-off and driving through the midfield with their forwards. After good set piece work the Warriors set up an easy penalty chance, which Duncan Leece converted.

Edinburgh Rugby then immediately came back and pressurised Glasgow at the breakdown with the referee awarding the visitors a penalty. George Taylor's attempt hit the posts and the score remained 3-0 to the Warriors.

Glasgow dominated territory and possession and two short pick and drives by the forwards gave Murray McCallum and Zander Faegerson tries, which were both converted by Duncan Leese.

With half-time looming the Glasgow backs converted a backline attack which was scored in the corner by winger Ronan Joy.

HALF-TIME GLASGOW WARRIORS U18 22-0 EDINBURGH RUGBY U18

Glasgow started the second-half strongly with their set piece still dominating the possession and the forward power put Zander Faegerson over again after multiple phases in the Edinburgh half to make it 27-0.

Edinburgh eventually did secure some set piece and strong running from Jake Kerr and Ally Miller gave them a platform to secure a five metre line-out and drive over through Calum Hunter Hill. Hugh Fraser added the extras to make it 27-7.

Edinburgh were spurred on and after multiple penalties they broke the Warriors defence to score through Fraser Christie to make it 27-12.

Just as Edinburgh looked to be coming back into the match Glasgow resumed control of the ball and the pack drove through the midfield, with Zach Mercer diving over from five metres out to put the game beyond the visitors. Andrew Goudie stepped up this time to convert and made it 34-12 to the young Warrior side.

As the game drew to a close the Warriors struck from 40 metres out as Llyal Archer slipped a pass to Ronan Joy. He cut an excellent angle and went over under the posts with Goudie adding the extras to round of a promising display from the Glasgow youngsters.



Glasgow Warriors Under-18 Team

15. Duncan Leece (Dundee HS), 14. James Couper (GHA RFC), 13. Josh Laird (Strathallan/Kirkcaldy RFC), 12. Max MacFarlane (Hutcheson’s Grammar), 11. Ronan Joy (Dundee HS), 10. Graeme Docherty (Cartha QP RFC), 9. Jack Preston (Wellington/Ayr RFC), 1. Murray McCallum (Strathallan/Dunfermline RFC), 2. Lewis Anderson (Marr College/Ayr RFC), 3. Zander Faegerson (Glasgow Hawks RFC), 4. Jamie Ritchie (Strathallan), 5. Andrew Davidson (Kelvinside/Glasgow Hawks RFC) 6. Lewis Wynne (St. Mungo’s/Stirling County RFC), 7. Chris Jollands (Dundee HS), 8. Zach Mercer (Merchiston Castle), 16. Cameron Taylor (Dumfries RFC), 17. Lyall Archer (Highland RFC), 18. Tom Scalio (St. Aloyius College), 19. Matthew Emmison (Aberdeen Grammar/Ellon RFC), 20. Grant Neilson (Dalziel RFC), 21. Henry Sampson (Dundee HS) or Euan McKirdy (Glasgow Academy/GHA RFC), 22. Andrew Goudie (GHA RFC), 23. Jon Price (St. Andrews University/Madras RFC)

This article was originally posted on 5-Jan-2014, 16:05 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 6-Jan-2014, 15:30.