BBC Scotland's Andy Burke reviews Glasgow Warriors' momentous URC final win over Bulls in Pretoria.
The common consensus was the altitude at the Bulls’ Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria could play a crucial role in this Grand final of the United Rugby Championship, but instead it was the Glasgow Warriors’ courage and desire and utter refusal to be denied victory that really took the breath away.
Wherever your eyes took you as you followed those scenes at the end, all you could see were heroes in charcoal grey strips and captivating storylines. Zander Fagerson trucked another 80 minutes of powerful carries, monstrous hits and smashing ruck after ruck after ruck. Is there a prop in the game with a better engine? He and his front-row colleagues made adjustments after the break and even started getting success against the much-vaunted Bulls scum.
Nine carries for 112m and 21 tackles are outrageously good stats, and yet they still do not do justice to the shift the big number eight put in. Dempsey, Fagerson and Rory Darge in the back row proved they are a formidable unit capable of going toe-to-toe with anyone.It was far from all plain sailing. There were some choppy waters to negotiate in the opening 25 minutes when Glasgow were struggling to find a foothold in the game.
In a game where the Warriors dominated most of the post-match statistics, the final penalty count showed they had conceded 17 to the Bulls’ 10.
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