PRO14 Players of the Day
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Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh both claimed bonus points win in Friday's round 8 action in the PRO14.
Here are Top Performers from the two encounters:
Nikola Matawalu - Glasgow Warriors
Named on the bench for the clash, Matawalu made an immediate impact after coming onto the pitch just 4 minutes into the game.
He grabbed his first try in the 11th minute thanks to a fantastic offload by DTH van der Merwe and finished off a great attack follow Nick Grigg's break moments later.
He completed his hattrick before the hour mark when he read Thomson's cross kick perfectly to score.
🏉| I need whatever luck @NMatawalu has...
He gets the luck of the bounce here to get his hattrick!
OSP 13-22 GLA#GuinnessPRO14 pic.twitter.com/HtakpYBcwg
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) November 2, 2018
Nick Grigg - Glasgow Warriors
A man of the match performance that will certainly catch the eye of Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend.
Grigg was aggressive with his carries, ran superb lines and carved open the Ospreys defence with relative ease.
He assisted a try, scored one for himself and was involved in everything good Glasgow did.
📊| Top stat performer from #OSPvGLA was Hanno Dirksen, despite being on the losing side 🔥
— Ultimate Rugby (@ultimaterugby) November 2, 2018
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Johnny McNicholl - Scarlets
McNicholl showed off his deadly step to score in the 49th minute and looked dangerous throughout the game.
He beat 5 defenders and made 42 running metres but it was not enough to guide his side to victory.
Pierre Schoeman - Edinburgh
A dominant day at scrum time for the big South African as he caused a number of headaches for his fellow countryman Werner Kruger.
The former Bull made 14 carries, 9 tackles and dived over for his second meat pie for Edinburgh.