PUSHED TO THE MAX

FRANCO SMITH hailed his battling Warriors as they survived a Cardiff onslaught and Scotstoun storm to go level on points at the URC summit.

lead when Johnny Matthews was pinged for not rolling away and Tinus de Beer knocked over the penalty.

Tom Jordan mishit one kick straight into touch before Duncan Weir failed to find the stand with an effort that instead sailed straight into Cardiff arms.

style we wanted to but the weather didn't allow us to.

"Cardiff were excellent, the way they physically approached this game. They were very good in the breakdown, the set-piece and they physically dominated us in most areas of the pitch. It was a good learning curve for the young boys out there.

"To come back from the 13-0 deficit was important - it shows a bit of character that the team will need.

"We want this to be the toughest place to come in the URC and I'm glad the boys kept that up." Cardiff forged into an early outpaced Seb Cancelliere to Cardiff were awarded a scrum penalty and de Beer again split the posts to double their lead.

It could have got worse for Glasgow after Weir was sloppy with a pass that Cardiff kicked towards the Warriors line. Mason Grady