GLASGOW scraped the narrowest of victories against Edinburgh on Sunday despite a dominant performance from visiting No 1 Sam Masters.
The Australian raced to a flawless 18-point maximum for the Monarchs – but it was not enough to ensure victory for his side, which went down 46-44.
It was a much closer affair than Friday’s tie at Armadale, which the Tigers won by 12 points.
Boss Cami Brown says the margin of the result did not surprise him.
“It was exactly what I thought would happen,” he said.
“It was a combination of Edinburgh not being able to ride as badly as they did on Friday, and I knew we probably wouldn’t hit those heady heights again.
“Edinburgh rode very well and total respect to them for an excellent performance.
“Masters was immense, Josh Pickering was amazing and Kai Thomson was very good. We had a few guys struggling – Broc Nicol didn’t have a great night and Ulrich Ostergaard had horrendous bike problems.
“In some ways it feels like a loss, because we let a 12-point lead slip to two, but it’s a three-point win.
“If you had said we could get four points at Edinburgh on Friday and three today, and them take a point, we would have bitten your hand off.
“We have beaten Edinburgh home and away and it’s a seven-point weekend so that’s perfect for us, and we showed we have a good 1-7 again when we really needed it.”
The win keeps Glasgow second in the SGB Championship on 13 points – three behind Leicester with three meetings in hand.
Next up is a visit from Plymouth – but the Tigers will be without Benjamin Basso and Tom Brennan, who have another meeting overseas.
Brown added: “We’ve got to cement this weekend’s results with a win against Plymouth.
“We have some guests in mind and hopefully, with another home win, it can push us right up the top of the table.”
GLASGOW 46: Craig Cook 11, Connor Bailey 8+2, Benjamin Basso 7+1, Danyon Hume 6+2, Tom Brennan 6+1, Ulrich Ostergaard 6, Broc Nicol 2+1.
EDINBURGH 44: Sam Masters 18, Kye Thomson 10, Josh Pickering 9+1, Paco Castagna 3+1, Jacob Hook 2+1, Lasse Fredriksen 2, William Lawson 0.