This was the game most had been waiting for. Were the Warriors simply the best side by a country mile, as their regular season form would suggest? In England perhaps, but nation-wide, on this display the answer is emphatically no. For once they met a side that was capable of matching them and it was only the individual genius of Devar Gayle that finally split the teams. A determined and gritty Glasgow side even controlled the game for long periods particularly the second half, looking just as confident as their far more illustrious opposition.

This was the game most had been waiting for. Were the Warriors simply the best side by a country mile, as their regular season form would suggest? In England perhaps, but nation-wide, on this display the answer is emphatically no. For once they met a side that was capable of matching them and it was only the individual genius of Devar Gayle that finally split the teams. A determined and gritty Glasgow side even controlled the game for long periods particularly the second half, looking just as confident as their far more illustrious opposition.

Early in the second Gayle darted up behind right tackle, bounced against several defenders and then headed for the left hand touch line before turning the corner and scorching down the side line leaving a trail of five Tiger defenders in his wake to score from close on sixty yards. Jerome Allen managed to hit Oliver Springett in the right side of the end zone for the extra two as the Warriors moved out to 16 - 0.

Springett featured heavily in the next Warrior drive diving to hold onto one of the few Allen passes he had time to set up for and then taking the ball up the middle to gain a further sixteen yards on two plays. Once again Gayle capped off the drive by suddenly moving left when his initial path was blocked and scooting in for a score from ten yards out. Gayle notched the extra two just breaking the plane to give the Warriors a commanding 24 - 0 lead and looking as if the Tigers were in for a mauling as the half closed.

The third and fourth quarters were a revelation. The comparatively small Tiger defensive line used their speed to great effect running down Gayle in the backfield and pressurising the normal unflappable Allen at quarterback. The Glasgow offense using a silent count found a weak underbelly on the Warrior line who were ponderously slow and it was virtually down to Mofondo, who seemed to be in the thick of everything, to prevent any gain going much beyond six yards. The Tigers were virtually camped in the London half for the whole of the second half and only a Jamie Nelson interception on the one-foot line prevented Glasgow reducing the arrears. Try as they might the Tigers could not break through, but had the satisfaction of seeing the favourites finally settle for taking a knee at their own three yard line to run the clock out.

All credit to the Tigers for this performance. While the Warriors were expected to win, no one outside Glasgow expected the Tigers to perform as well as they did. The Warriors will go on to the Championship game and will more than likely win it but they have found that there is at least one side who can live with them on the football field.