Glasgow Tigers v Leicester Lions

GLASGOW overcame the loss of No.1 Craig Cook in Heat 1 to secure a big 56-34 home win over Championship leaders Leicester.

The Tigers dug deep after Cook crashed out when the Lions’ Nick Morris shed a chain, causing a collision, and inflicted the visitors’ first defeat in ten league matches.

Benjamin Basso (13+1), Tom Brennan (11+1) and Ulrich Ostergaard (10) were all in double figures for the hosts, whilst Kyle Howarth notched 13 for the Lions.

Glasgow manager Cami Brown said: “When you lose your No.1 you have to worry. But the boys all chipped in – we got them all together and it was the best performance for two seasons tonight.

“To beat a Leicester side packed with real top-class riders so easily – that was a royal victory for us.

“Craig has a shoulder, wrist and knee injury. The knee injury was from Oxford, the wrist injury from last night (riding for Sheffield) and the shoulder injury from tonight. We’re unclear if Craig will be in the team on Tuesday (at Plymouth).

Leicester boss Stewart Dickson said: “Our winning run came to an abrupt end, and there’s not really a lot to say other than we were well beaten and now we need to dust ourselves down and go on another run.

“Glasgow were by far the better team on the night, and we were pretty much second best for the whole meeting.

“We send our best wishes to Craig Cook, because that was a terrible accident and Nick was also affected by it as well, both from an injury angle and from a personal point of view.”

CHAMPIONSHIP
GLASGOW 56: Benjamin Basso 13+1, Tom Brennan 11+1, Ulrich Ostergaard 10, Broc Nicol 9+1, Connor Bailey 5+3, Danyon Hume 5+1, Craig Cook 3
LEICESTER 34: Kyle Howarth 13, Richie Worrall 9, Nick Morris 6, Connor Mountain 3+1, Dan Thompson 2, Connor Coles 1, Joe Thompson 0
Championship points: Glasgow 3 Leicester 0

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