Van Rooyen praises Glasgow for attacking master class

The Lions were almost literally blown away in Glasgow on Saturday but the conditions were the same for both teams and coach Ivan van Rooyen regrets his team’s inability to adapt.

- MIKE GREENAWAY

In the first half, Glasgow played with the gale-force wind at their backs and scored six tries without reply. The half time score of 42-0 could be the full-time score as the Lions could not take advantage of the wind when they had it.

“It was probably the worst weather conditions we have ever played or trained in,” Van Rooyen said. “At stages the wind was up to 80km/h.

“They utilised the wind well in the first half and we could not do the same in the second half. They delivered an attacking master class in that first half and our defence was not accurate enough. We could not deal with their attack.

“The conditions were tough. They used the wind really well and we could not adapt quite quick enough.”

The Lions were inaccurate most areas of the game and regularly conceded territory or penalties.