Dec 27 2011
Warriors' Al Kellock goes over for a try as Glasgow stage a spirited fightback at Murrayfield
SEAN LINEEN cut a frustrated figure despite watching his Glasgow Warriors side fight back from 10 points behind to snatch a draw in a dramatic Murrayfield clash.
Glasgow lost the services of Rory Lamont who was taken to hospital for a precautionary scan after a head knock in only his second run-out since rejoining the Warriors.
Edinburgh then surged into a 23-13 lead after 55 minutes, courtesy of Tim Visser's try double, a Ross Rennie try and eight points from Greig Laidlaw's boot.
But Warriors replacement Ruaridh Jackson claimed Glasgow's third try three minutes from time to level the scores.
Scotland fly-half Jackson was denied further heroics as he missed the subsequent conversion and a last-minute penalty in blustery winds, but the Warriors' unbeaten league run was extended to seven matches.
Alastair Kellock and Colin Shaw also scored tries for Glasgow, with Duncan Weir kicking eight points.
Lineen was frustrated with the opening exchanges of either half and at missing the opportunity to claim victory.
He said: "First half wasn't great. Again. We didn't start well, our discipline was poor and we hung off them in defence.
"At times it wasn't pretty but we scrambled and hung in there.
"At the beginning of the second half the momentum was with Edinburgh.
"We dug back and we could've won the game at the end there. We didn't."
Prolific Dutch winger Visser, who will qualify for Scotland in June, scored twice in three second half minutes, both scores being awarded after close inspection from the television match official.
Lineen was reluctant to criticise the decisions, particularly the first which appeared marginal.
Lineen added: "Visser did a lot of the hard work and we could've stopped it a lot earlier. That's our fault.
"At least one of them it appeared he had dropped the ball over the line - he actually said that to one of our players.
"The lad's very difficult to tackle and he was outstanding in his running so we should've stopped him a lot earlier than the try line."
Edinburgh head coach Michael Bradley was upbeat despite the draw, with the teams set to meet at Firhill on New Year's Day.
"Glasgow are nine points ahead of us in this league and deservedly so," he said.
"They weren't going to give up easily. A couple of things went our way at the start of the second half and then they did what they do, which is kept the pressure on us, and we weren't able to close out the game.
"The two tries we got in the second half were exceptional work by the boys and for Tim to get the call on the TMO was great.
"Glasgow, as we knew, came back at us and we just weren't able to control the last 20 minutes. They were very dominant in the last 20 minutes and kept us under pressure.
"With a couple of minutes to go it was looking difficult for us and they had two kicks to win it.
"From 20 minutes out I was delighted with a potential win and with two minutes to go I was happy enough to get a draw."
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