IF the loss of Jack Dempsey with a rib injury was meant to be a major set-back for Glasgow Warriors ahead of Saturday night’s clash against the Bulls, then nobody bothered to tell the man who replaced him in the No.8 jersey.
Dempsey has been a talismanic figure for the club since his move north from Australia in the summer of 2021, but Matt Fagerson proved a more than capable replacement, scoring the first of his team’s five tries and registering a man-of-the-match performance as Warriors obliterated the Bulls’ unbeaten record in the league this season, winning 35-21.
Speaking afterwards, Fagerson hinted that No.8 is indeed his preferred position but stressed that he is happy to play on either flank if it is for the greater good of the team. And he insisted that he was delighted when Dempsey was recruited by Glasgow because he knew he needed that sort of challenge in order to reinvigorate his own career.
