Rennie insists Warriors still in the hunt

• 11 Jan 2020

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.”