Glasgow Warriors coach Danny Wilson delivers message on discipline as Scotstoun club seek revival in Wales

Glasgow coach Danny Wilson has stressed the importance of discipline as the Scotstoun club try to negotiate Guinness Pro14 fixtures without their coterie of international players.

Glasgow Warriors' Ryan Wilson was sin-binned for the final ten minutes of the match against Munster. Picture: Ross MacDonald/SNS

The Warriors are joint bottom of Conference A following the 27-13 home loss to Munster on Monday, their fifth defeat of the season.

It’s Glasgow’s worst start to a campaign in 15 years and they face a tough away game against Cardiff on Sunday.

Warriors are missing 22 players through international commitments and injury but their cause wasn’t helped on Monday when they lost the services of the experienced Ryan Wilson for the final ten minutes due to a needless yellow card.

With the match finely poised, Munster made the most of their numerical advantage by running in two late tries to seal the win.

“With 15 minutes to go we were two points down and had a bit of momentum behind us, but ultimately you can’t be stuck in your own 22,” Wilson told glasgowwarriors.org.

“Munster are too good a side to let you off the hook. We conceded too many penalties and they piggybacked off those.

“We’ve got a lot to learn around that – the breakdown, discipline and game management are the three big areas we need to improve upon ahead of next week.”

With just one win from their opening six Pro14 matches, it has been a tough start to the season for Wilson’s side but the coach has been pleased with the commitment and desire of the you players coming into the side.

“We’ve got 22 players unavailable to us at the moment – it’s a period where we’re blooding other players and those players showed that desire,” he said after the match

“Discipline cost us tonight and we ended up with nothing, and that’s a tough one to swallow.”

Glasgow now head to Wales to take on Cardiff at their temporary home at Rodney Parade in Newport.

“Cardiff will be another tough one for us,” said Wilson. “They left a few players out for their trip to Leinster this weekend that I imagine will come back in to face us, but we’ll be ready.

“We’ll lick our wounds, bounce back and come out fighting on Sunday.”

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