Tommy Seymour aims to emulate Ulster success

GLASGOW’S former Ulster winger Tommy Seymour admitted that he watched his old club rise to the European heights with envy last season, but insisted that he can see the same success on the horizon at his new one.

The 24-year-old, brought up in Northern Ireland, left Ravenhill for Glasgow over a year ago and watched as his former team-mates drove on past Edinburgh and into the Heineken Cup final to underline their credentials as a new force in Irish rugby. Having opted out and moved to the Scottish game, did Seymour have regrets?

“Leaving a club like Ulster and watching them do so well obviously has got some envy and jealousy to it,” he said, “because that’s something every player wants to do.

“But the great thing was that we had our own goals and we had a massive season last year in the league so there was so much buzz here that I wasn’t looking back with any regrets or jealousy in a malicious way.

“Ulster a few years ago were going through the same redevelopment stage, bringing a few players in, improving their ground and re-funding everything, and Glasgow started doing that last year.

“With the players of the quality we’ve brought in, and the talent that we’re producing here and now starting to put out on the top stage, like Rob Harley, Stuart Hogg and Alex Dunbar, then the Lamont brothers back, Glasgow are now looking like a side that can keep real talent here and attract talent from all over the globe.”

“Angus Macdonald, the former All Black, has come halfway across the world to be part of the Warriors and that’s the biggest statement you can have about what Glasgow want to do in the RaboDirect and Heineken Cup.”