Franco Smith was pleased Glasgow Warriors came through "a strange game" against the Sharks to deliver maximum points in their United Rugby Championship opener. Warriors eventually pulled away from the South African side in a stuffy affair to win 35-19 on Friday. Smith says while nothing is won and lost on the opening weekend, Glasgow learned from last season the importance of putting points on the board early in the league campaign.
Franco Smith was pleased Glasgow Warriors came through "a strange game" against the Sharks to deliver maximum points in their United Rugby Championship opener.
Warriors eventually pulled away from the South African side in a stuffy affair to win 35-19 on Friday.
Smith says while nothing is won and lost on the opening weekend, Glasgow learned from last season the importance of putting points on the board early in the league campaign.
"We learned last year if you don't play every game on its merit you pay for it at the back end," Smith told BBC Scotland.
"We lost three in the last minute last year and if we won just one of those games, we would have had the semi-final at home. So it is valuable points at this stage."
Smith saw his son, Jean, make his URC debut for the Sharks when he came off the bench late in the game at Scotstoun.
"I was nervous," Smith said. "I didn't want him to come on early because maybe one of his errors can lead to us winning.
"So I wanted always the best for him. But everything worked out well and he made a very try-saving tackle on Ollie Smith. So we'll look with a double opinion on that.
"But I'm really proud of him and I'm glad it happened here."
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