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| |  Saturday, 6 January, 2001, 16:49 GMT McLaren sinks Scarlets  Glasgow win and end Llanelli's league hopes Glasgow made it a second win in Wales with centre, James McLaren's late transformation from sinner to saint. The burly McLaren dropped a super left-footed goal seven minutes from the end of a niggling match. He had earlier spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin after referee, Clayton Thomas, adjudged him to be the instigator of a mass brawl which involved almost everyone, just before half time. There was also a yellow card near the end for a second Scot, No 8, Jonathan Petrie, but Glasgow made light of their deficiencies, to be full value for a victory which keeps them in the hunt for the Welsh/Scottish League title. Poor performance For slovenly Llanelli, defeat could not have come at a worse time, a week before they resume the Heineken Cup chase in a tough match in Gloucester but they had no one but themselves to blame for a slip-shod showing.
Tommy Hayes' conversion and a penalty goal soon after meant the Scarlets were left with an uphill struggle they never looked like tackling. They were not helped by Stephen Jones' poor place kicking. He missed three first half penalty chances but still ended up by bagging all the points from a try, penalty goal and conversion. His try, 15 minutes into the second half, cut the deficit to three points but McLaren's late strike ensured a double for deserving Glasgow. Scorers - Llanelli: Tries: S Jones. Cons: S Jones. Pens: S Jones. Glasgow Caledonians: Tries: Simpson. Cons: Hayes. Pens: Hayes 2. Drop Goals: McLaren. Teams - Llanelli: M Cardey, M Jones, D James, N Boobyer, S Finau, S Jones, R Moon, P Booth, R McBryde, M Madden, C Gillies, C Wyatt, D Jones, M Buckingham, S Quinnell Glasgow Caledonians: R Shepherd, J Steel, J McLaren, J Stuart, S Longstaff, T Hayes, A Nicol (capt), D Hilton, G Bulloch, G McIlwham, S Griffiths, J White, G Simpson, D Macfadyen, J Petrie Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales) | |
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