Cardiff Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors 2024/10/04 First Half
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00:00are welcoming the defending champions Glasgow Warriors it's two from two for Matt Sherratt's
00:05men can they make it three from three let's find out shall we in the company of Ryan Wilson Tom
00:11Shanklin and Martin Gillingham well the defending champions on the first of their two scheduled
00:18trips to Wales during the regular season Cardiff with their tails up though this is their first
00:24truly meaningful test against one of the league's big hitters Matt Sherratt has been keen to play
00:30down Cardiff's early successes against Zebra Parma and the Scarletts he's made just a single alteration
00:37to the 23 that means new recruits Josh McNally and Dan Thomas start for the third straight week
00:43Alan Davis continues at scrum half with Ellis Bevan backing him up from the bench Ben Thomas has
00:50had a cracking start to the season and a single alteration on the wing Ewan Stevens replaced by
00:55Harry Millard Glasgow coach Franco Smith has made what he's got I should say a few more toys in his
01:03box to play with than Matt Sherratt he makes nine changes to the team which started off against
01:08Bennison last weekend and he does so without opening up obvious points of weakness Rory Darge
01:14Adam Hastings and Kyle Steyn all absent Jack Dempsey and Hugh Jones appear for the first time
01:21this season another Scotland international Rory Sutherland he makes his first start for the club
01:26and it's a 6-2 split on the bench very South African if you know what I mean well a decent
01:34gathering for the arrival of the defending champions
01:41and they carry the mantle of champions to Glasgow now part of the responsibility of that is having
01:48to wear a target on your chest and that will be in the crosshairs
01:57old Cardiff this evening
02:05there's Rudi Kolb coming on he's the Cardiff mascot tonight leading out Liam Belcher
02:15so Zebra Palmer here a fortnight ago then the Scarlets last weekend
02:20two wins from two for this frankly a step up in class
02:36well the referee this evening
02:41is Monet Ferreira
02:50oh
02:57so Glasgow playing from left to right Tom Jordan gets his underway
03:19well what a horrible way to start for Alan Lawrence
03:26yeah poor start got his hand up just took his eye off the ball little sloppy error
03:35he'll just be hoping now Ryan that Glasgow don't come away with any points because that's
03:40the worst thing you can do is give Glasgow some ball straight away 10 meters out
03:45break foot yeah we were talking about their attack weren't we in their strike plays
03:50that is literally an early Christmas present and there's the worst feeling
03:55for the big fella Lawrence dropping that one straight off the bat we've all done it
04:01you might not have chance so what an early chance this is Jamie Dovey
04:08just one of the many Scotland internationals in this Glasgow side they've left quite a few at home
04:13well Aded Davis making a nuisance of himself and that time no problem with
04:18the pause of Alan Lawrence as he carries it outside his 22
04:26Ben Donnell with Dan Thomas alongside him Ben Donnell who hasn't been here that long and
04:32Ben Donnell who hasn't been here that long and Dan Thomas who just arrived in the summer
04:38a player released by Bristol
04:44Josh Mackay takes it well it was a good chase from Harry Millard that's the halfway line Dovey
04:52and that was Johnny Matthews his first carry of the evening to a peloton here's Kyle Rowe
04:58all a little lateral at the moment from Glasgow
05:07for different reasons fellas it's a big match for those sides isn't it
05:12big game for both teams it's a treat to be here as well because you've got two
05:16exciting teams that want to play ball in hand high tempo rugby I think Aded Davis
05:23will be um absolutely delighted he got his mate Alan Lawrence out of it
05:31that knot with tap at the back there
05:37blocking well the blocking there blocking Tom Jordan it was who tipped up Mason Grady was
05:47pursuing it and was saying that quite a bit more from referees we saw it last week didn't we down
05:53at the scarlets this blocking that we see from players to protect the catcher you've always seen
05:59it I mean it's something that's always been in the game but the refs have just been really really
06:03strict on it now want to make sure that the team that are chasing after the ball have got the right
06:09away and it can be a really subtle movement and my argument was always if you're not looking over
06:14your shoulder you don't know where anyone's coming from you should be able to change your line but
06:18I was always getting told off so don't listen to me on that
06:23Liam Belcher catch there from Teddy Williams that line out goes very much to plan
06:31as Ben Thomas who's had a stunning start to this season Lawrence
06:36carries it up firing his belly this evening Alan Davis onto Teddy Williams
06:41Callum Sheedy Harry Millard just had to wait for that one
06:49well in a lot of the pre-match chat this week as we see Glasgow turn it over that was
06:55tremendous stuff from the defending champions and a lot of that pre-match chat from Cardiff
07:01how many times did I read we are in the entertainment business
07:07certainly something that they appear to be putting a huge premium on
07:12that was a nice attack there initially from Cardiff Ben Thomas getting over the gain line
07:15just going really direct trying to get Glasgow on the back foot but then you got
07:20Harry Millard running into two mullets pretty sure that was Karl Rowe that turned the ball over
07:27it's really good bit of breakdown work from Karl Rowe
07:36to be fair Tom it's not just Glasgow who got mullets tonight
07:41there's Davis on the Thomas once more Sheedy ball going through the hands swiftly here
07:48little chip ahead that's meant for Mason Grady and Kyle Rowe
07:52with not much plastic to work with over there in the tram lines has done rather well
07:58here's Cam Winnett
08:00work back
08:09two full backs eventually Winnett gets Mackay down
08:16there's Rory Sutherland Sutherland who's had four clubs in just two years would you believe
08:23that was well plucked out of the skies by
08:26Facundo Cordero and they're bursting through and here goes Doby and he steps his man and it's all
08:33too easy the champions get the opening score off for just a little more than five minutes
08:45and it all started with a great run back from Joshua Mackay he's also
08:49watch this so this is where it comes from Cam Winnett kicks the ball through now you just think
08:54if Mason Grady can make that tackle get him into touch
08:57then it's a line out 10 meters out Karl Rowe clears it and it results in Glasgow getting the
09:02ball back on the 10 meter line and a try oh that's it and the ball that goes in behind Winnett
09:07it makes it a lot more difficult to then try and find a way to get back into him but Josh
09:11Mackay with the carry up the guts and then that guy Jamie Doby who gets his opportunity
09:15who gets his opportunity first game of the season against Ulster he's been fantastic the opening
09:20three games he really has George Horn chomping at the bit took a bit of a head knock last week so
09:28unable to play this week but that young man Jamie Doby he can play on the wing he can play at nine
09:34he gives the ability to have a 6-2 split because if you bring young Ben Afshar on they know that
09:40he can slide out to the wing he's been doing it all as is this man about to kick the ball Tom Jordan
09:54and Jordan
09:57oh this fella wearing 10 tonight as he did
10:01in the run-in to the final in Pretoria last season
10:05he's good at everything Jamie Doby as well really good golfer shanks a little bit happy to hear
10:11what a good step that's for sure step right inside Callum Sheedy there the support there
10:16just a brilliant change of direction
10:20there's a try scorer Doby
10:23Winnett commanding under that and that time he steps the scrum half giving him a dose of his
10:29own treatment Ali Davis
10:37presented there by Domichowski is Ali Davis Josh McNally on here to Sheedy good tack around the
10:44boot laces by Scott Cummings there's Dan Thomas really low look at this Glasgow defense and
10:52they've almost found a way through it with Ben Thomas
10:57Davis once more
11:01God if know how important it is to bounce back at the earliest opportunity Teddy Williams
11:13those who were watching the match from Park Asgardas last week will
11:17record just how slowly out of the blocks God if work and that has been turned again
11:24deep inside their own 22 so they're doing all the stuff right at the moment at Glasgow
11:31that's all the things we spoke about before the game in terms of Glasgow's defense and how they
11:35can put in tackles find a way to get the ball back they go after it on the floor in the air
11:41managed to turn the ball over now it's just clearing the lines and make sure they get a good
11:45exit it's the second entry carl ever had inside Glasgow's 22 with attacking ball and being turned
11:55over very good on the ground very good in the tackle and that's what you were asking me before
12:02shanks wasn't it you know without a Rory Dodge in there without an out and out seven who will
12:06go after that ball you can already see the likes of Carl Rowe they've obviously been told go after
12:11it try and slow it down but what Glasgow do do really well is they one man in competing that's
12:16it they try and get the rest out get the rest on their feet fill the field clear numbers for me it's
12:21not something that Cardiff has seen this season coming up against Zebra and Scarlet it's a
12:27different challenge this form clearly with a clear receiver
12:37so Vulture more over
12:45that is the Glasgow 22 the arm is out from the referee Monet Ferreira cheating the kick pass
12:53meant for Millard how will it bounce and Millard oh he missed the opportunity
13:04well it was there to be grabbed but it was the Glasgow hands that got there first
13:10it's great vision by Sheedy look him look up six and four looking to pass but it's not on
13:14but he puts the ball it bounces ah you've got to take them there might not be too many opportunities
13:23for car tonight thank you you have to score that don't you Ryan as you said when the ball is
13:29literally on the money like that as well Sheedy's boot there just in behind Josh Mackay
13:34who he's got a low center of gravity he can turn and get in behind us and quickly get back to
13:38defend it but that ball was literally on the money lines in middle from that man there yeah
13:44you gotta take that one
13:56well three times now they've been in possession
13:59in this Glasgow 22 can't afford yet to trouble the scorers
14:06it's an encouraging start but not yet sufficiently deadly here's Lawrence
14:11the tackle that time from Talakai on goes McNally and look at the man there just trying
14:20to rip the ball out of his possession that is Gregor Brown and they've turned it again
14:28for a third time bit of a carbon copy really of what we saw Cardiff against the Scarlets
14:34just not being able to look after that ball in the first 10-15 minutes and use it
14:41forward out Dobie getting a shove
14:48and not for the first time this season
14:52well he's a bit of a chancer is Dan Thomas but that is the score
15:01lost the ball in contact but watch Dan Thomas far side just a little push on Jamie Dobie as
15:08he's trying to kick the ball cleverly done just checking that he's on side he looked okay to me
15:17what an opportunist try though
15:20what he's done well is he's spoken to the ref he's asked is that ball out the referee said yes so
15:27all the right in the world to go in there and push tackle to wherever you want to Jamie Dobie
15:32and then knocked on and then picked up and you ever seen anything quite like that though
15:37now you see charge downs you don't often see someone getting pushed losing their balance
15:43but he's got Cardiff right back in this game now
15:47well a try on debut here against Zebra Parma and now what against the defending champions
15:54the try has been converted it's seven points apiece probably not one for the highlight reel
16:01they all count they all count
16:09I suspect Ryan might have had that on his highlight reel
16:13it was cheeky 10 out of 10 wasn't it
16:25and use it and go no don't push
16:28so Ella Davis not really enough depth on that and that time Millard and Mackay getting in one
16:37of his way but it's Liam Belcher ferreting on the floor there cheating looking for the 50-22
16:47doesn't find it though good work that time from Jordan there was so much space there for she to
16:55kick the ball but Tom Jordan does an excellent job of covering he's had to put his foot right
17:01down to try and catch that ball there's an excellent job not that I know but the worst
17:09one's over over the shoulder he's just sprinting trying to catch it hands out in front just hoping
17:14for it to land somewhere in amongst it there's a bit about Tom Jordan Brian because um he's a
17:22great scrub squad player isn't he well we'll leave that chat for a moment as Matthews goes
17:28on he's running like a 400 meter runner Mason Gray he just caught enough of his heels there's Dobie
17:37Dobie once more now they're two up a lot to Jordan over the top to Kyle Rowe
17:45well they're holding him up for Cardiff the referee says they've got to release him
17:49it's going to be a penalty yeah silly penalty as well because we can hear it up here
17:54the referee shot and release just got to let go of that side of here not releasing
17:58that player as quickly as they hear it I need a release it was a double penalty advantage I
18:04didn't see his knees go down but these are the tackles you've got to make it goes over the top
18:07Alan Davis on Johnny Matthews he's got to take him there it goes way too high look at the ground
18:12that Johnny Matthews has made up after that it's a couple of times now card just falling off
18:17tackles one was Kyle Rowe in the corner no one put him into touch cleared his lines that one then
18:24just need to nail your man quickly well this one I suspect rather teed up for this man
18:30Johnny Matthews the first Glasgow player to score 20 tries in the calendar year that was last year
18:37he knows more than anyone he's got a bit of work to do if he's to do it again this year because
18:41he's uh he's only scored six all right which is modest by his own standards in 2024
18:50but this one as they say run is right up his street
18:54it certainly is the times last season did we see this scenario unfold and turn into a try
19:01I'd like to go for that five meter yeah Glasgow and find a way to drive it whether they use
19:06sensors like staffing it down there they're going for a six man here just a straightforward drive
19:12but I can guarantee the man that'll want to get his hands on that ball as quick as possible as
19:16Johnny Matthews see what he can do in the open just there let's see what he can do at the back
19:20of this mall still position which started with an inaccurate line out throw from Cardiff
19:27and there he is Matthews ball tucked underneath his arm
19:37okay last feet now even that for example you know
19:40has to get it right to the edge and then just drop out but that's in at the side from Carlos surely
19:47Josh McNally all over them and there comes Dan Thomas the try scorer the locals are loving this
19:55there goes Ben Thomas almost done with himself with that one
20:01spiced up now you can feel it up here you can see the hits you can see the energy in both teams
20:07Glasgow not too happy with the turnover but you could hear one of the Cardiff players
20:12think was Josh McNally say the ball's out the ball's out referee lets him play on
20:18I don't think it is out though it looks like it's just inside the foot that's the problem
20:22the referee needs to make sure he refs that next one
20:27look like they're coming at the side but like you said Shanks he gets the crowd up he gets them buzzing
20:32heard the chat in the week from Ben Thomas and they want to play this attacking brand of rugby
20:36but they also want to see their team have a bit of bite Cardiff and the fans will appreciate that
20:52and use it
20:55well Aled Davis been urged to use it by Monet Ferrer he's got blow up that's over five seconds
21:03Karl Rowe coming but it's Teddy Williams who was the keenest to get underneath that
21:10there goes Aserati
21:13neatly picked up by Callum Sheedy well Aserati was going to put it on the boot there didn't you
21:19he's caught a try from his own 22 from opposition's 22 before Ben Thomas with
21:23the dummy it's through it's Thomas well almost the offload Ray Lilo
21:29Mackay keeping hold of him here's Davis Sheedy Thomas just pokes it through
21:36but that was well fielded by Cordero over on the far side but it came with a knock on
21:42the link from Ben Thomas and Ray Lilo seen it so many times when one player goes through
21:48the other centres on the shoulder straight away this time was Ben Thomas
21:53good take by Teddy Thomas no one really demanding that and claiming that in the air
21:58it's an awesome take and it's just out the back short one two with Belcher gets on the outside
22:05there's the offload so Lilo runs a brilliant support line
22:10it's opening quarter fellas it's um been plenty of errors but it's been a cracking match so far
22:15yeah really good fast pace exactly what we want positive rugby both teams going for it
22:27seven points apiece almost 18 minutes gone it's Corey Domachowski who needs a bit of treatment
22:32let's just talk about that question which i didn't give you a chance to answer tell us about
22:36tell us about Tom Jordan strikes me as the perfect squad player comfortable at 10
22:40comfortable at 12 in either position he's outstanding isn't he yeah and we spoke about it
22:46before in terms of where they play Ben Thomas and whether he plays at 10 or 12 and what he's doing
22:53for his country well Tom Jordan yet to play for potentially Scotland he becomes eligible
22:59in the autumn test coming up just after New Zealand born isn't he he is New Zealand born
23:03yeah so after the Fiji game i think it is he becomes eligible through residency but he's just
23:09one of those players he's a tough bloke he slots in at 10 he was a standout player at 10 for me
23:14last season he was a big part of why they went and won that championship but easily slots in at 12
23:20and you've got someone like Duncan Weir and obviously now Adam Hastings who can jump in at 10
23:24so he can do it all and it just adds to the whole plan that Franco Smith has got going on you know
23:29you need these spot players that can chop and change spoke about Jamie Doby Tom Jordan for me
23:35just solid whatever job you give him he goes out and does it and he's one of those blokes
23:39is a tough trainer just there every week going at it full throttle we could say he's deputizing
23:46today for Adam Hastings we've got to make the point that Jordan started at 10 throughout the
23:54entire knockout phase didn't he last year or last season i should say yeah that's it so he
23:59deserved his place and he came through air actually air rugby club he came in he didn't
24:04get much of a look in i think it was when Danny Wilson was there obviously a man well known in
24:09these parts at Cardiff but when he did get his opportunity my god did he take it and he's been
24:15fantastic ever since he was so good against Munster in that semi-final abrasive abrasive
24:24that is a collector's item for Cardiff fans Sheedy inside to Mason Grady
24:29Grady tall and powerful here's Davis once more Sheedy out there to Thomas and when it's when it is over
24:42and i'm not quite sure who is above us fellas but whoever they are was absolutely delighted
24:48with that i suspect it might be members of the Cardiff coaching team could be Franco Smith
24:52watch this coach really well worked scrum just on the front foot he thought might have given
24:58penalty advantage Mason Grady on the inside just slips a little bit out of Jamie Doby's
25:03tackle but gets on the front foot then the ball here you just wonder what's Josh Mackay doing on
25:10the wing or Kyle Rowe who's he defending there's no one out there he has to come in to make a tackle
25:14but he's marking nobody no there is there's someone outside him there was one more on the edge
25:19there was one more on the edge that's why you see Josh Mackay was stuck in two minds
25:23you can't see around the corner of the commentary box didn't camp when it do well though
25:30it starts with that scrum though and it was pretty powerful last week by the sounds of it
25:35Glasgow have been faultless there as well in the scrum so it's a bit of a marker there from Cardiff
25:40and this is exactly how Glasgow do not want to start the game letting Cardiff in this early
25:45shows you how rugby is easy when you get front foot ball and that carry from Mason Grady just
25:51allows Cardiff to get on that front foot yeah to see him now it's Haydn take it back
25:58but great angle from Winnett superb Camden Sheedy missing the conversion which is a part of his game
26:04he will want to improve over the coming weeks he's just four from ten this season now forty percent
26:10and if you consider that at this level these days the best kickers are well in excess of 80 percent
26:21and use it so we're through the opening quarter 12 points to seven Cardiff lead
26:30oh I say that'll certainly be
26:34a mark in the debit column from whoever was applauding Cardiff in the last couple of moments
26:45and now Kieran Aserati is in some discomfort
26:54I think it's that dead leg maybe earlier I saw
26:58the big man Talakai as he went to do that little dummy kick Talakai chopped him low in the quad
27:04straight away I thought dead leg but I'm not sure where he's looking there you look back here
27:12it's just that little pump get through there and just Cairo just you want to try and latch yourself
27:19onto the ball there do anything you can to get under it but he's rolling and wiggling as Winnett
27:24takes the time as well when it does with that doesn't give himself too early stays out wide
27:29waits the right moment and then cuts that angle in you talk about a possible dead leg I'm sure
27:36you're talking about before that scrum that penultimate scrum the scrum that led to the try
27:41yeah I am yeah you should have seen the shot he took over Talakai honestly
27:46it was over here quite close to us and Talakai went to chop him and he
27:51legs just disappeared straight off the bat I thought that's a dead leg but
27:55maybe he's only felt it since he absolutely hammered their scrum
28:06well bear in mind with Glasgow it's an all-international front row
28:10look at the carry there from Tour Bellot who made two or three meters there that
28:14perhaps Cardiff probably shouldn't have been allowed to have and Rowe has just squeezed through
28:21two Cardiff defenders getting in one another's way and Kyle Rowe just saunters through
28:30well it starts with Tour Bellotto in this carry look at the power from the man on Sheedy
28:38he's blowing through there but like you said there Martin almost looked like they'd taken
28:42each other out a few of those in my time Lilo just clashing head with Ali Davies there trying
28:47to go around the player but he accelerates through him doesn't he like that's all you've
28:50got to try and find is a shoulder they say accelerate towards it well he's accelerated
28:56towards the insides of both their shoulders and left them both on the deck feeling a bit
29:02sorry for themselves but you can't help but feel it's quite a soft try again
29:09well Kyle Rowe is a player who has that happy knack of scoring tries 10 seasons a couple of
29:13seasons ago for London Irish they're now defunct London Irish as a consequence of that he moved up
29:20to Scotland 12 tries last season for Glasgow two more for Scotland in the summer and now he's off
29:26the mark in the new season Jordan well the ironic applause tells you all you need to know it's 12
29:34points apiece it has been a cracking opening 23 minutes plenty of mistakes this the latest
29:40yeah really good again like Mason Grady on the front foot kind of haven't got time to recover
29:46but you're just saying you've got two players there you should be making that tackle you're
29:50going to have make Glasgow work that much to score that try Gavin Jenkins being very unhappy with that
29:56and fuming Bobby Hoyse win it the score of that second try for Cardiff so solid under that high
30:06ball as Domichowski play just inside the Glasgow half Aled Davis on to McNally that time the carry
30:17coming from uh Ben Donnell that just came off the foot of Doby he's there for grabbing
30:26in the end it's uh Gregor Brown who mocks things up and tidies it all up for Glasgow
30:33couldn't help but feel their Cardiff look like they're on the front foot with
30:36probably the right amount of numbers on the edge there to play and they're giving the ball away
30:44now the advantage now being played to Cardiff that was
30:47as a consequence of the kick from Doby
30:51there's McNally
30:56Davis continues to try and work the short side
30:59the tackle from Gregor Brown who as we heard before the match just tackled everything that moved and more
31:08in that opening scrap against Ulster that was a fantastic game of rugby very different to this one
31:15and in its own way every bit as much entertaining
31:19referee says the advantage is over there's uh Sheedy on to win it and win it well he thinks
31:25he was hit quite high there
31:32that was Lawrence Ben Thomas Josh McNally the Glasgow defensive line at the moment holding pretty firm
31:45Sheedy really good line speed from Glasgow just forcing Cardiff back in
31:50not able to get onto the edges where they want to go
31:53and use it
31:56Cardiff in possession but being suffocated by this Glasgow defense
32:10that's Mackay Millard couldn't keep hold of him
32:14backwards Jordan had a reach for that he went through his fingers but backwards and now
32:26almost getting away from Mason Grady doesn't get fast can win it though
32:45well Dan Thomas steals it Ben Thomas Mason Grady that was Jordan trying to upend him
33:02oh dear the spill by Alan Lawrence
33:08for the second time tonight he needs to try and get over this put it to the back of his mind
33:14this is where the steal came
33:17I mean he's got away with that looks like a ruck but he is top turnover king at the moment
33:24yeah I know but I've got a feeling Cardiff have obviously targeting that breakdown they're looking
33:30to slow it down they know that Glasgow when they got front football and they got quick ball they're
33:34really really dangerous and they're going after all the rucks but at times I'm just looking at
33:40right on the edge there the refs let's go James just going back to have a look at that drop ball
33:46there if he hasn't had enough pain for Alan Lawrence time back on yeah showing that one
33:52again for the big fella it's those basics you've just got to get right really good so far let's
33:57keep it there especially when you get too many opportunities against this Glasgow team you've
34:02got to take them even the ruck before was a bit of a free-for-all players on the wrong side
34:12Ben Thomas shouting at the ref it's been quite lenient so far
34:22it's quite a story as Dan Thomas lost his job during the summer with Bristol
34:27had nowhere to play going into the new season with a bit of help from his mate so I think
34:32I'll go a bit louder bent the ear of Matt Sherratt he was given a one-year contract so he must feel
34:38like he's almost playing for his job every time he goes out there and what a job he's doing you
34:43can't fault him at the start of the season he's been really good so is Josh McNally and Callum
34:49Sheedy the new guys have made a massive impact straight away big factor why they're two from
34:56two at the moment bear in mind they've got in the wing still not yet fit the likes of Tallulpi
35:02Faletau who has said he hopes to be back before the end of the month Alex Mann may come back at
35:08a similar time Thomas Young another fantastic player Josh Adams who's a little bit behind those
35:15has started doing some running and training but he may be back in time for November December
35:20two grabs taken there by Ben Thomas that's Hugh Jones
35:24who makes the tackle here's Allard Davis Teddy Williams once more
35:32well despite the mistakes and there have been many by
35:35Cardiff in this opening half hour or so it's certainly been their best half hour of the season
35:41so far win it all picked up beautifully by Mason Grady but just running out of
35:49green plastic over on the far side
35:55and they're playing some nice rugby as well I'm talking before the game weren't we Shanks and
36:00saying that what is their DNA and you mentioned it would be similar to what Glasgow are they want
36:06to try and play a brand of rugby where they can go wide but also they can smash up through the
36:09middle and do they have the power game at the moment showing glimpses of that power it's just
36:14making sure they've got the accuracy and yeah they can get that they can be a dangerous team
36:18this season it's just retaining ball at the moment so far his first 30 minutes they've got
36:25two tries which is a fantastic reward for it but there's been a few occasions where they have lost
36:29the ball in contact but you have to say 12 all 30 minutes in it's a good positive start
36:37especially the way they started last last week against Scarlet's they'll be happy they know that
36:42they can get stronger throughout the game they're at home they've got the crowd behind them
36:48you need Azzurrati and Domichalski to stay fit oh exactly they've been brilliant in that scrum
36:52and again that's a huge weapon isn't it they've taken a couple scouts there already in this game
36:58well in Welsh regional rugby the region with the reputation in the tight of course over the
37:03reputation in the tight of course over the last couple of seasons has been the ospreys
37:09but what a performance we've seen in the opening 29 minutes
37:14from Cardiff well here goes Johnny Matthews
37:22that nicked in the line out by Teddy Williams Lawrence hard and straight
37:28ran through Tom Jordan that time Sheedy looks up in the end on to Ben Thomas he was being held up there
37:41oh and it's been stolen by Tom Jordan now let's see how fast he could sprint he can sprint fast
37:47and he can spring certainly well enough here to go between the posts it's a third score
37:52it's a third score and it's a third gift from Cardiff
38:01oh and again something from nothing really it's great defense he gets up and that's what Glasgow
38:07good at doing you've seen the 12s do it you've seen the 13s do it well they've got the 10 doing
38:11it the man that played 12 last week pumped the legs there didn't he you can see Facundo Cordero
38:18just on his left hoping that he didn't have the legs he could have run that one in easily
38:23but Tom Jordan deserved that one if you could press up on the outside and get a handout
38:28sometimes they came off that's the only worry when you're playing against a blitz defense
38:32we've seen Cardiff have to come back inside a few times because the press on the outside has
38:35been quite high there was space there and that's the issue you got you think you can get the ball
38:41there because you can see grass and players outside you but when you've got a player coming
38:46up the line like that like Tom Jordan he's just read that really well from Callum Sheedy
38:52good pace as well Brian finish that off you want to take it take as long as you can on that because
38:57he'll be blowing but you just look Glasgow have just defended this middle third haven't they
39:02really well Cardiff we was talking about the way they're attacking and they're building some nice
39:07phases and they're making mistakes but Glasgow just really good at containing teams and that's
39:12what we've seen in the opening two games but as I said before Franco Smith wants them to attack
39:17that picture there you can see what Callum Sheedy sees you can see all the players outside
39:22there is a natural overlap there but it's really good defense work from Tom Jordan just
39:30bit of bit of bravery trust comes out the line and gets his team seven points
39:38well here's an interesting change Gab Hamer-Webb is on and he's replaced Ray Lilo
39:44so I think we can assume that Mason Grady's going to move into the midfield now
39:50back goes Callum Sheedy it's set up nicely for the fly half just about kept his feet now
39:59being met there by Sam Talakai here goes Mason Grady
40:04and that was Don Machowski
40:15Josh McNally I think Ron you were saying before the game matches between these two are very much
40:23like well we'll score one then we'll let you score one it's been just like that hasn't it
40:28it's always been the way we always talked about it when we come down here on a
40:32flight down we say all right let's try and control this game don't let them in
40:36but it just always seems to go that way and it is you know it is the brand of rugby that they play
40:40I guess like the loose ball like it in open and that from Cardiff I think is a good turnover
40:47they've got him off the floor they don't have to move now
40:53oh okay sorry so directly from a kick you cannot do that
41:03yes the crowd don't like it but it has been explained to the players by Morne Pereira
41:12so the tackle of that can't be part of that choke hold him up it's fine in open play but
41:17straight after a kick trying to get that out of the game but it has been end-to-end stuff
41:26just what these Cardiff fans want to watch their home team throwing the ball about maybe
41:33less of the mistakes and who knows where they'd be if they'd kept hold of the ball a little bit more
41:41I guess occasions like that Tom showed that it's not just the fans but occasionally the
41:46players who need a copy of the law and commentators Ryan wasn't sure
41:53you shaking your head James
41:56Hugh Jones tackle from Thomas you just got it in for the ref mate
42:10I think Glasgow were looking for that but if they were looking for it Jamie Doby
42:17they found it the back of the head there of Mason Grady
42:22there's a glimpse from Hugh Jones there a little half break from him being quite
42:33quiet so far everything really has been Turpuloto in the centres you sort of forget what a class
42:40player Hugh Jones is probably seeing a little bit more as the game opens up
42:47well it wouldn't be overstating things to say that those two
42:50one of the best midfield partnerships in world rugby look at that Turpuloto right on cue
42:57just running around the defenders and through them Sione Turpuloto
43:04an individual score that's kind of that you rarely see these days that is a great individual score
43:12but that is woeful defense the first part is beautiful from him just show and go got a big
43:20man on a small man but one two three nearly tackles he just goes through
43:30again on Callum Sheedy which is exactly what he would have looked at
43:34when you're taking that ball off the line out you'd have known that Callum Sheedy would be
43:37there you want a one-on-one with him you want your best ball carriers on your smaller defenders
43:42but that was hardly any tackling on him whatsoever like a game of touch
43:50the champions clinch the try bonus point in a little more than 35 minutes but the problem is
43:57we mentioned him Hugh Jones look what he's doing at the back he goes out the back and that just
44:01holds Ben Thomas from being able to help Sheedy out so you leave him one-on-one with one of the
44:07best attackers in in the world at the moment talking about him potentially being a Lions
44:12next year captain there you have it you've heard it here from Shanks
44:26now I wonder how much has that broken the spirit of Cardiff
44:31so good in many parts no hands now but defensively they have been exposed we spoke about at the start
44:39of the game Martin about like Glasgow just able to hit you quickly and hard and you know you blink
44:44and score two tries in a short period it's really important now Cardiff get themselves back into this
44:49game well every time they play this season whether it's in this competition
45:01or the champions cup there will be a target on the backs of Glasgow
45:05over in this competition of course is defending champions
45:12and as defending champions when it gets to the champions cup they are very much the torchbearers
45:19for the URC
45:25Teddy Williams presents it last three minutes of this first half
45:30the first half that has produced six tries there's Donnell
45:37there'll be some frustration there from Glasgow no no no season in the champions cup but that
45:42comes against Harlequins which should have gone their way
45:45Exeter where there was a try chalked off which was a try every day here's that man
45:49again though Tom Jordan inside and that time it's Hugh Jones
45:55all too easy welcome to the new season Hugh Jones
46:00has perhaps been quieter than one or two of his teammates so far in this opening 40
46:08but he was right on message there okay it's just so easy to get around the edge here Tom Jordan he
46:13gets a great fend out but it's the fight to come back in he knows Hugh Jones on his inside so all
46:18he needs to do is try and find a way to draw that defender again and he's got a great fend out
46:24draw that defender get that left arm free and it's a great offload see what he does to Hamer
46:30Webb here he just steps towards him he knows that he's going to try and make the tackle
46:34and the cover isn't there for Hugh Jones who is just on his shoulder a lot of missed tackles
46:39from Cardiff at the moment so many there will be time for a restart you've got to do better than that
46:48you've got to be aware of your surroundings your situation when the ball's in the air
46:51you've got to be thinking right that's my man i've got to slow my feet down i've got to come in
46:54at the right angle it's a beautiful offload from huge uh from Tom Jordan to Hugh Jones on the inside
47:04but the first up tackles a really hampering Cardiff
47:08thank you
47:17and Jordan from straight in front
47:21takes Glasgow up to 33 45 points in the first 39 minutes Hugh Jones gives the thumbs up
47:30there we are we're saying we haven't seen too much of Hugh Jones and all of a sudden then
47:34he's on the score sheet right on cue
47:42there's Dempsey
47:45Dempsey in his fourth season at Glasgow a man who's played in
47:51the World Cup for the Wallabies and also for Scotland penalty to Glasgow
47:58tackle a little bit high
48:04he's going to wind the clock down aren't they take their time
48:13yes a little bit high there on Rory Sutherland
48:21blue on the line line is yours
48:26blue line is your line is yours imagine now Glasgow be
48:30going for another try they've got Cardiff on the ropes and take as much opportunity as they can
48:41Johnny Matthews
48:45catch that time from Gregor Brown there goes Matthews bit of a trip up and running again
48:51though tackle by his opposite number Liam Belcher Thomas sniping again
49:00well oh I say living dangerously here goes Winnett Millard just cutting in field
49:09it's going to be the last play of the half Belcher
49:18Cardiff are determined if they are to go down tonight to go down fighting
49:22yeah they've created plenty so again there Ben Thomas looking to get the ball wide they're
49:31desperate to get in that wide channel where the space is but they can't against his blister fence
49:36Nason Grady being held up there by Hugh Jones
49:46it's Domichowski
49:52Sheedy out here to Josh McNally who looked to the right and could see no one
49:58Sheedy once more on a Teddy Williams here's Hamer Webb
50:10McNally Winnett on to Lawrence
50:13Ben Thomas Sheedy here's Mason Grady
50:24well it's been turned and ripped in the tackle there
50:27Kyle Rowe coming away with it and Dobie pops it into touch well what a first half that has been
50:37plenty of mistakes but there has been some quite glorious rugby
50:43the clinical nature of the champions Glasgow means that that is the scoreline Glasgow already
50:52with a try bonus point tucked away and they lead by 21 points at halftime