Warriors survive in battle of the boot
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:40
In a game of penalties Glasgow Warriors survived a second-half charge from Leinster to record a 15-12 Magners League Round Six win at Firhill Arena on Friday.
It was Glasgow's third league win of the season and lifts them above Leinster in the table.
Dan Parks kicked four first-half penalties to help the home side into a 12-3 lead at the break, with Felipe Contepomi registering for the visitors.
Contepomi added three more penalties after the break, but Parks' fifth successful kick of the night secured victory.
Scorers:
For Glasgow Warriors:
Pens: Parks 5
For Leinster:
Pens: Contepomi 4
Teams:
Glasgow: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 Lome Fa'atau, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Thom Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alastair Kellock (captain), 4 Dan
Turner, 3 Ed Kalman, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Kevin Tkachuk.
Replacements - from: Pat McArthur, Moray Low, Tim Barker, Stevie Swindall, Richie Vernon, Colin Gregor, Ruaridh Jackson, Andrew Henderson, Hefin O'Hare.
Leinster: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Luke Fitzgerald, 12 Felipe Contepomi, 11 Rob Kearney, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Chris Whitaker (captain), 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Malcolm O'Kelly, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Stan Wright, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements - from: Brian Blaney, CJ van der Linde, Trevor Hogan, Stephen Keogh, Sean O'Brien, Chris Keane, Gary Brown, Simon Keogh
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Touch judges: Rob Dickson (Scotland), David Anderson (Scotland)
