Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Dave Rennie remains optimistic about his side’s chances of progressing to the Heineken Champions Cup knockout stages, following their 31-31 draw against Exeter Chiefs at Scotstoun this afternoon.
In front of a sold-out Scotstoun, the two sides were locked in an intense battle until the final whistle as both teams ran in four tries to claim a valuable try bonus-point.
“We are rapt with the attitude,” said Rennie.
“We showed plenty of courage and heart out there, but obviously a draw is a disappointing result for us.
“They are an extremely strong side and they hit us around the fringes. We needed to defend better there.
“I thought we played well and created a lot of opportunities, we just needed the ball to sit up – four tries were left out there if the ball had sat up. That would have made a big difference.”
Amongst the flurry of tries, Sam Johnson and the Warriors had a try disallowed in the 71st minute after a looping pass from Adam Hastings was deemed forward.
“It was tight,” admitted Rennie.
“They ruled on that but we will accept it.
“We felt a bit of frustration on how the scrums were refereed today – we felt like we put them under a lot of pressure and we didn’t get rewarded for that.”
One of the game’s standout performers was Warriors fly-half Hastings, whose consistent boot and expert play-making skills earned him his second Heineken Champions Cup Man of the Match award this season.
“He was pretty solid today,” smiled the Glasgow boss.
“He needed to be a little bit more patient with the drop-goal, playing against the wind. We maybe should have built some phases and then go for the drop goal.
“We played a lot of good footy this afternoon, though, and there are a lot of positives to take.”
