PLEASANT surprises have a nasty habit of letting you down in the end. That was certainly the case in Glasgow’s 35-27 defeat by Lyon on Saturday night, when the Warriors shocked their hosts by taking a 14-point lead at one stage only to succumb to some old familiar failings.
Given the fact that Lyon are top seeds in the Challenge Cup and are a formidable outfit, especially at their own Matmut Stadium, the way in which Danny Wilson’s side took the game to them in the quarter-final was a heartening defiance of expectations. And, when the visitors took that 14-point lead early in the second half, there were surely more than a few of their supporters who began to work out how best to get to Coventry for a semi-final this coming weekend against Wasps.
