Cardiff saw their URC play-off hopes suffer a blow as they went down to a 40-17 defeat at the hands of Glasgow at Scotstoun.
The hosts ran over six tries in the end, with Johnny Matthews scoring a brace, with Cardiff unable to bag the consolation of a losing bonus point.
Here’s how the players rated on the day.
Cam Winnett 7 – STAR MAN
Had a couple of really good moments defensively, including a superb tackle to deny Steyn in the second half. Embodied Cardiff’s refusal to give up on the night despite Glasgow’s dominance. Forced the line-out that earned Cardiff’s second try too.
Jacob Beetham 7
Made a great tackle to deny Horne early in the second half. Scored what felt like a potentially important third try late on too. Made several good carries too A decent outing.
Josh Adams 6
Caught out a little for Glasgow’s second. But took his own try really nicely. Lots was made of his role at 13 and despite his touchdown didn’t really have as much influence as he would have liked. Hooked at half-time due to a knock.
Ben Thomas 6
Guilty of several sloppy passes and gave away one of several costly turnovers for his team. Did make some decent tackles, however.
Tom Bowen 5
Shoulders some of the blame for Glasgow’s third. Quiet in terms of attacking influence too.
Callum Sheedy 5
Nearly set Beetham up for an early try in the first half. Decent enough in possession but influence was largely nullified.
Johan Mulder 6
Fairly good in possession. Won a couple of turnovers and set up Adams for his side’s first try.
Rhys Barratt 6
Part of a front row that was kept very busy all night. Missed just one tackle, however, and competed well enough.
Liam Belcher (capt) 6
As above really.
Keiron Assiratti 6
Not quite as involved as his front row colleagues, but didn’t really do an awful lot wrong.
Josh McNally 5
A frustrating night. Fairly quiet and was then withdrawn before failing an HIA.
Rory Thornton 6
Made a couple of handling errors and conceded two turnovers, but still competed fairly well in the tackle.
James Botham 7
No player made more tackles, some of which were really important. Ran out of steam a little towards the end, but was by no means the only one. A good shift.
Dan Thomas 6
Given a torrid time in the end. Made a number of missed tackles as Glasgow turned the screw, but still made a fairly decent contribution.
Taine Basham 7
Did quite well, to be fair. Made a string of tackles and carried more than any other Cardiff player.
Replacements
George Nott 6 (on 32′)
Played his role in Cardiff’s second try and made several decent challenges on the night.
Jennings 5 (on 40′)
A fairly quiet outing.
Evan Lloyd 6 (on 57′)
Spirited enough defensively but ran out of steam as Glasgow turned the screw.
Danny Southworth (on 57′) 6
Bagged his side’s second try and produced little to really take issue with.
Sam Wainwright (on 57′) 5
Another who was pretty quiet.
Ioan Lloyd (on 65′) 7
Some really good carries late on. Showed a willingness to beat his man and often did so with success. Set up the third try.
Ellis Bevan (on 65′) 5
Pretty quiet.
Alun Lawrence (on 65′)
As above, really.