Castres edge win to end Glasgow cup hopes

Glasgow 6 Castres 9

Sat, 08 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Jeff Hewitt

The match was a poor advert for European rugby — one of brutal frontal assaults relieved by long kicks and penalties — and was little reward for the 3,348 spectators on a freezing night.

Ultimately, it was decided by the boot, with three successful penalties from Castres’ Rory Kockott outdoing the pair from Glasgow’s Scott Wight.

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