Logan bags try as Glasgow win

Glasgow 36 Borders 22

Kenny Logan bagged his first try in home turf for Glasgow to inflict more Celtic League misery on the Borders basement boys.

With the thrilling bonfire night derby still in the balance, the former Scotland winger finished off a sparkling move by diving over in the corner.

Borders hit back strongly in the tense finale, but Logan’s burst of pace - along with Calvin Howarth’s dead-eye kicking – proved to be the difference.

Glasgow had looked the hungrier outfit in the jittery opening exchanges at Hughenden and they edged in front after six minutes with the first of Howarth’s eight penalties.

The home men kept up the momentum and they pressured the Borders into offending again within Howarth’s range.

His second strike acted as a wake-up call to the visitors and they surged back into the contest with a try at the end of their first decent raid.

They gambled by sending a penalty to touch and from the line-out veteran hooker Steve Scott was driven over.

Borders lost concentration, however, allowing Howarth to give Glasgow fresh initiative with two more accurate penalties.

Having missed the earlier conversion, Charlie Hore made amends for Borders by replying in identical fashion to reduce the gap to four points at the break.

He had another opportunity just after the restart, but it was short and wide from long range.

Warriors made the most of the reprieve by carving out a try at the other end.

Following a sustained spell in enemy territory, scrum-half Sam Pinder squeezed over in the corner with two markers clinging to him.

The frantic action continued as Borders created a great score of their own five minutes later.

Slick work by Calum MacRae and Andy Miller set up winger Ian Berthinussen to score – with Ally Warnock adding the wide-angled conversion.

But they suffered a double blow when sub Wayne McEntee was yellow-carded for persistent offside, Howarth slotting penalty number five. He immediately repeated the dose to create an eight-point cushion.

Then came Logan’s moment of glory, with Howarth banging over the goal.

Mark Blair’s touchdown, converted by Warnock, gave Borders a glimmer of hope - only for Howarth to take his penalty tally to eight.