Hawick’s Hector Patterson among try-scorers as Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors wrap up pre-season schedules
Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh fielded seven Borderers between them for their final friendlies, both against English opposition, ahead of the new United Rugby Championship season kicking off this weekend.
Warriors head coach Franco Smith named Melrose’s Dylan Cockburn, Hawick’s Jack Oliver and Gala’s Kerr Johnston among 18 replacements for their 53-5 defeat hosting Bath at the city’s Old Anniesland last Friday and Edinburgh opposite number Sean Everitt included Hawick’s Darcy Graham and Hector Patterson and Jedburgh’s Glen Young in his starting XV, with Kelso’s Jack Utterson on an 11-strong bench, for a 33-19 loss away to London’s Harlequins at the same time.
The Glaswegians’ only scorer against a Bath side featuring Scottish internationals Finn Russell, Jamie Bhatti and Cameron Redpath was replacement winger Alex Bryden with an unconverted try.
Touching down for the visitors were replacement Redpath, Santiago Carreras and Bernard van der Linde at the double, Joe Cokanasiga, Ollie Lawrence and Tom Carr-Smith, with Ciran Donoghue adding two conversions and Russell and Tom de Glanville one apiece.
Edinburgh’s try-scorers versus lock Young’s old side at the English capital’s Twickenham Stoop were scrum-half Patterson, near namesake full-back Harry Paterson and hooker Jerry Blyth-Lafferty, with fly-half James Grayson adding two conversions.
Touching down tries for Harlequins were Edward Sigauke twice, Tyrone Green, Rodrigo Isgro and Marcus Smith, with fly-half Smith and Connor Slevin kicking two conversions each.
Edinburgh begin their next championship campaign away to Ulster in Belfast this Friday, with kick-off at 7.45pm, and Warriors’ opening game of next term is at Munster at 5.30pm the day after.
Friday’s concluding warm-ups followed losses by 47-31 for Warriors away to Newcastle Red Bulls on Saturday, September 5, and 28-26 for Edinburgh at home to Ulster at the capital’s Hive Stadium the evening prior.