Danny Wilson on Glasgow's fly-half woes

Glasgow Warriors head coach Danny Wilson finds himself in a somewhat frustrated space after his much-valued fly-half, Adam Hastings announced that he would be leaving the club and taking up with Gloucester in the English Premiership.

The latest speculation is that Warriors are keenly interested in the signature of Munster stand-off Ben Healy who, through family connections, qualifies to play for Scotland too. However, when asked, Wilson was non-committal:

“There is nothing I can say until I can clarify, confirm or deny,” he said.

Wilson is in his first season in charge of Glasgow and it has been a tough experience, to say the least.

“The whole season has elements of frustration for a whole host of reasons. From Covid, budget, injuries, international release. All I can do is keep standing up and going again, standing up and going again.

“It is tough and in tough times you see the true character of people. We want to keep fighting despite the frustrations and difficulties. It is frustrating losing Adam as we wanted him to stay in Scotland and stay in Glasgow.

“He has developed really well and become a really good player and done well on the international stage and when that happens clubs will come looking.”

While Gregor Townsend and co. would welcome a Scottish qualified player (such as Healy) to be brought into the Warriors set-up, Wilson has explained that he is not obliged to do so.

“There’s the opportunity to sign non-Scottish-qualified,” he said. “The obvious aim for all of us, and part of my role, is to make sure that we bring through Scottish-qualified players to add to the talent pool and to the depth that Scotland needs to create.

“But let’s be honest about it, when you do have Scottish internationals, this season anyway, they’re away for a huge, huge portion of the season.

“It’s a Catch-22, isn’t it? If you fill your squad with Scottish internationals, that’s brilliant for the big picture, which we all want to support. But it’s also very, very tough for Glasgow during those periods as we’re seeing right now.”

Meanwhile, Hastings, who yearns for Premiership action, has admitted that the decision to part ways with Glasgow was a difficult one.

“Glasgow made a very good offer and I absolutely love being at the club and with the boys here,” he said. The 24 year-old leaves the club with 42 caps under the belt since 2017.