IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Focus on Scotland
MATCH
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GLASGOW v TOULOUSE
HEINEKEN CUP,
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER,
8pm, FIRHILL (LIVE
ON SKY SPORTS)
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hopes of doing so again
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fi nish as a best runner-up
from a pool also including
Bath and the Dragons,
who they beat in their
fi rst Magners League
game of the season.
Last season, the
Warriors won two home
matches – including a
victory over Biarritz –
and one away in Europe,
and picked up four bonus
Scotland need to do well in their November Tests against Test to turn it around. We became a lot more aggressive in
points. They will need to
New Zealand, South Africa and Canada to improve their defence and killed them off when we had the chance. It was
step up a gear to be in the
IRB world ranking before December’s draw for the 2011 good to score a few tries away from home because it’s
hunt for the last eight and
World Cup, otherwise they will be condemned to a tough important to get into the mindset of winning away.”
will want a miserable
group featuring two higher-ranked teams. However, The noise of Argentina’s famously passionate fans gave
evening in Glasgow for
Ford says players cannot consider factors like that Ford an additional problem at lineout time and now he faces
this game to suit Dan
during games. “Things like world rankings don’t come a new diffi culty with his throw-ins as the Experimental Law
Parks’s kicking game
into your mind at all. It’s about going out onto the pitch and Variations mean teams can put as many players as they like
and blunt Toulouse’s
doing what you’ve practised,” he says. into a lineout. “It means teams are competing a lot harder for
dangerous back-line.
Scotland were disappointed to lose the fi rst Test in Argentina the ball. It’s harder to win 100% of your ball and your throw
Prediction: Toulouse
21-15, but the side take great encouragement from what has to be right every time,” Ford says. However, he looks
win by six points n
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followed. “We knew what we needed to sort out and everyone capable of rising to all challenges for Edinburgh and Scotland
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