HAWKS V DUNDEE ONE APEICE
Nov
Hawks v Dundee - One apiece.
Honours were even today at Anniesland as the Hawks V Dundee HSFP matches ended with a win each. In the 1st XV match Dundee took the honours by 33-10 with Hawks 2nds gaining a 30 - 0 win. Reports to follow.
REPORT FROM THE SCOTSMAN
Glasgow Hawks 10 - 33 Dundee HSFP: Hawks dominate but lack desirePremium
By ALAN CHRISTIE
HAWKS coach Peter Wright put it succinctly: "Dundee played well – a simple game, scored some good tries and at the right times." This, of course, is also a kick in the ribs to his own side who dominated both halves territorially yet failed to cross the line until Peter Jericevich's 75th-minute effort.
Dundee's Ian Rankin said: "We have missed some key personnel the last couple of weeks."
Two of them, full back Aubrey Horton and winger James Fleming, combined off the first scrum for a score of real quality finished by the former.
When a third, No8 Danny Levison, powered through weak tackling for the second try and extended the visitors' lead to 17-3 Hawks wilted and they turned 25-3 behind with Harry Duthie scoring the third try and Barry Jones kicking two conversions and two penalties.
Hawks needed to score early in the second-half and they besieged the Dundee line, to no avail. Instead, in 56 minutes Lindsay Graham claimed the bonus-point try.
Rankin summed up: "The style of the victory was pleasing because we stuck to our game plan, absolutely; played a lot of heads-up rugby with a rock solid defence. Now we're going down to Melrose with a bit of confidence."
Wright added: "We just gave away too many soft points. There's a desire about wanting to make a tackle. There's a desire about wanting to run with ball in hand. We lacked that desire at times."
Glasgow Hawks: R Hair; K Gossman, M Adamson, G Harkness, S Low; D Weir, P Jericevich; N Cox, E Milligan, G Mories, C Harvey, M Whittleston, T McGarity, G Oommen, G Francis. Subs used: J Maclay, G Strain, A Kirkland, I Noble, C Gossman.
Dundee HSFP: A Horton; M Smith, H Duthie, L Graham, J Fleming; B Jones, A Dymock; N Dymock, J Clark, D Russell, C Cumming, R Hawkins, S McKee, R Gray, D Levison. Subs used: S Tskhovrebashvili, S Cessford, R Cessford, G Ryan, R Lemon
Scoring: Hawks: Try: Jericevic; Con: Weir; Pen: Weir. DHSFP: Try: Horton, Levison, Duthie, Graham; Con: Jones 2; Pen: Jones 3.
