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2nd half we relaxed a bit but we were winning well so that's to be expected. Disappointing to lose a late try but scored 2 to make up for it. 

However it's for real over the next 3 weeks. I think Toony must win this series if he's to be trusted with the run in to the World Cup next year. 

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20 minutes ago, come on shire said:

2nd half we relaxed a bit but we were winning well so that's to be expected. Disappointing to lose a late try but scored 2 to make up for it. 

However it's for real over the next 3 weeks. I think Toony must win this series if he's to be trusted with the run in to the World Cup next year. 

The point isn't too beat Chile. Its for fringe players to demonstrate they can play a game of test rugby. By that metric it was a dismal performance.

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1 hour ago, peasy23 said:

Glasgow draw Perpignan and Bath in the European Challenge Cup.

Edinburgh have Castres and Saracens in the European Champions Cup.

As a Glasgow fan I'm delighted with this draw.  Both French options are traditional relegation battlers but Bayonne won the Pro D2 last season and have a couple of the French grand slam winners in their team though I think they'll be rested for Europe.  Staying up will be more important.  Perpignan have a couple of Argentina internationalists as well as ex-Glasgow prop Siua Halanukanuka.  They won the relegation play-off to stay up.  

Bath is ideal and could be a nice away trip.  We've already got 2 trips to SA in the regular season in the URC so we don't want a 3rd especially at altitude so thankfully we didn't draw the Cheetahs.

We should be targeting 2 home wins and winning in France.  If we have our act together then maybe even a win in Bath is a possibility.

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7 minutes ago, come on shire said:

As a Glasgow fan I'm delighted with this draw.  Both French options are traditional relegation battlers but Bayonne won the Pro D2 last season and have a couple of the French grand slam winners in their team though I think they'll be rested for Europe.  Staying up will be more important.  Perpignan have a couple of Argentina internationalists as well as ex-Glasgow prop Siua Halanukanuka.  They won the relegation play-off to stay up.  

Bath is ideal and could be a nice away trip.  We've already got 2 trips to SA in the regular season in the URC so we don't want a 3rd especially at altitude so thankfully we didn't draw the Cheetahs.

We should be targeting 2 home wins and winning in France.  If we have our act together then maybe even a win in Bath is a possibility.

I agree if we are taking the competition seriously we should be winning home and away against the French as normally they have very little interest in the Challenge Cup. To be fair Bath probably wont either. The fixtures will make or break as home vs Perpignan first up and a win will probably have Perpignan lose all interest and it would be between us and Bath

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31 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said:

I thought top 8 in pro 14 qualified for champions cup. Glasgow really messed that up....

The 4 shield winners got spots then the highest sides that did not win their shield so Ospreys who were 9th overall got the 8th spot.

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I think I'll go down for the Bath game. My sister lives in Bristol, which is just up the road, and it's a ground I've always fancied going to. The timing is a bit shit though, Dec or Jan. September would have been lovely...

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41 minutes ago, peasy23 said:
1 hour ago, ajwffc said:
Damien Hoyland, Ben Muncaster, Matt Currie, Jamie Hodgson and Johnny Matthews. Have all been sent home before the Argentina games

3 Tests to come, almost certainly a few injuries, why bother sending folk home?

I know the plan was for 6 at first to fly back before the 1st test. So the players could go on holiday. But they should have been kept an extra week or 2  

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