Rennie – ‘We can be better and smarter’

Glasgow head coach Dave Rennie believes his side didn't adapt to the conditions as well as they could have in their 18-12 win over Connacht.

Inclement weather in Galway made for an error-ridden clash in the opening round of PRO14 action. 

And Rennie admits his side were a little bit stubborn in their approach, keeping the ball in hand a bit too much which resulted in numerous knock-ons and dropped passes.

"We wanted to be positive but we didn't kick enough, especially second half," Rennie told BBC Scotland.

"We had some opportunities to sneak some ball in behind them and we tried to play in conditions that made it difficult.

"We probably needed to get better balance in our attack, but in the end we scored a couple of important tries, and one of them off a kick, so maybe a few more kicks would have been better options for us."

Rennie, however, did praise his side's work at the set-piece, their rush defence as well as the character displayed in the testing conditions.

"I thought our defensive line-out, our scrum and then our defensive line speed put them under a lot of pressure and ultimately we got rewarded by that," Rennie said.

"The players will have learned a lot from playing in those conditions. If we have to play in them again we'll be better for it.

"It confirmed what I knew – there's a lot of character in this group. We've got a lot of players to come back over the coming weeks, so that's exciting.

"A big chunk of these boys we'll need during the autumn and Six Nations breaks. I think technically we can get a lot better and tactically we can be a lot smarter, but attitude and everything, it's a crucial place to start from."