Edinburgh led Scotstoun 8-10 into the final 15 minutes and succumbed to pressure from the Warriors with a penalty shoot-out that allowed the hosts to easily get into the capital’s 22 – Glasgow later ran out 22-10 winners. Everitt said: “We gave away eight penalties in the last 24 minutes. When you give away eight penalties against a team that is lying very well in these conditions, you go against it and the yellow card didn’t help.
Edinburgh opened with a penalty from Ross Thompson and Kyle Rowe tried to put the club’s centurion through the WP Neli goal. The tight end prop came within five minutes of the first half to make it a one-point game [8–7] at halftime.
Everitt continued: “Yeah, I expected more. It was a slow start in the first 20 and it looked like we were shaky, nervous, but we managed to hold them to eight.
“Then we got back into the game and had 72 apiece. cent possession in the first half, but we didn’t take away enough of our chances, especially in the backfield. In the second half, we were on top again.”
After Ben Healy’s second-half penalty put Edinburgh 8-10 up, there was little difference between the teams as both teams battled out in difficult conditions.
However, the hosts were able to settle down and turn the screw in the closing stages, and with Edinburgh temporarily reduced to 14 men following Grant Gilchrist’s yellow card, the Warriors managed to collect 14 points to secure victory.
some sanding to the final finish. Everitt added: “Are there ways to fix it? Yes, there are. We’ll look at it and deal with the people involved. I think we defended very well at times. “We didn’t want them to get the ball. .
edges and we stopped them from doing that at times and they didn’t get as many run meters as they usually do, so there are positives we can take from this game instead of dwelling on them. negative “We’re looking at it and looking at how we could prevent these penalties.”
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