Glasgow Warriors mounted an epic comeback from 21-0 right down to beat French giants Toulouse within the Champions Cup on one of many membership’s biggest nights.
In torrential rain and gale-force winds, the six-time champions have been nonetheless capable of show all their signature energy and precision within the first half as they threatened to comprehensively outclass their hosts.
Antoine Dupont, making his first begin in eight months after a critical knee harm, obtained the ball rolling with the opening attempt to a double from Kalvin Gourgeus noticed the guests race into what appeared like an unassailable lead at half-time.
Warriors re-emerged like a group possessed and shocked Toulouse with tries from Josh McKay, Gregor Brown, Sione Tuipulotu and Gregor Hiddleston to ship Scotstoun into raptures.
An enormous cheer went up when Dupont’s title was learn out by the stadium announcer forward of the match, and the little maestro wasted no time in exhibiting his class.
Thibaud Flament burst by way of the Warriors defence and galloped into the 22, discovering Dupont on his shoulder and he glided over for the opening attempt in just a little over six minutes.
Dupont was instrumental as Toulouse struck once more moments later, although the house crowd have been livid as they have been satisfied his cross to ship Gourgeus over for the second attempt was ahead.
Warriors gave the impression to be on referee Matthew Carley’s dangerous facet, with the penalty depend and the stress cranking up towards them.
The house facet have been grimly hanging on for half-time, however Gourgeus shrugged off a weak sort out from Josh McKay to go over for his second and Toulouse’s third.
Glasgow survived one other scare within the ultimate play of the half when Ange Capuozzo’s attempt was dominated out after he was simply bundled into contact as he grounded within the nook, however at 21-0 on the break, the competition was all however performed.
Or was it? Glasgow wanted one thing to supply a glimmer of hope and so they obtained it when some slick dealing with set McKay unlock the touchline to run in for the attempt.
Whether or not it was some robust phrases at half-time from head coach Franco Smith, or turning round to play with the wind now at their backs, a flick had switched and all of a sudden Warriors have been placing it as much as their illustrious opponents.
The Glasgow bench was making an impression and one of many substitutes, Brown, blasted over from shut vary to scale back the arrears to seven factors and produce Scotstoun to life.
The roof practically got here off the place when Tuipulotu completed off an a interval of intense stress on the Toulouse line, and when Adam Hastings banged over the conversion we have been all sq..
Nonetheless Glasgow got here. They’d Toulouse rocking and so they landed one other blow, a rolling line-out maul thundering over the try-line with substitute Hiddleston touching down to present Warriors the lead for the primary time.
The nice groups usually discover their method out a gap, however on this explicit night time, the Toulouse Galacticos had the struggle knocked out of them by an impressed Glasgow Warriors facet on a fantastically bonkers night at Scotstoun that can dwell lengthy within the reminiscence.
