Individual discipline and execution leading to four yellow cards gifted the game to a largely overwhelmed Munster. Andy: Appalling display by Edinburgh accompanied by an equally appalling display by Ben Whitehouse.
We asked for your views on Edinburgh's narrow defeat to Munster and Glasgow Warrior's emphatic victory over Dragons.
Here's what some of you had to say:
Munster 20-19 Edinburgh
Ian: Different Edinburgh this week. The same one we saw at the tail end of last season but was missing in week one. Physical, up for the fight and brilliant to watch at times. Three league points from two away games isn't the worst return in the world, just a little disappointing because they could have been two away wins but for some of our own decisions and some refereeing decisions. Lots to reasons to be hopeful though. First home match next week, let's go!
Andrew: Edinburgh's intensity in attack and defence should have won them the game. Individual discipline and execution leading to four yellow cards gifted the game to a largely overwhelmed Munster. We always seem to find a way to lose. Oh Edinburgh.
Andy: Appalling display by Edinburgh accompanied by an equally appalling display by Ben Whitehouse. Edinburgh lacked discipline and a couple of yellow cards were deserved but having watched game, I can't understand how the referee allowed Munster to either collapse or turn every scrum in the last 20 minutes without penalising them. This negated Edinburgh's dominance in set play. Definitely cost Edinburgh a victory as game was theirs for the taking.
Bryn: Enough is enough Edinburgh! No more players or coaches coming out talking about looking in the mirror or learning from the mistakes or stepping up to the plate or any of the other multitude of weekly cliches we are subjected to. Someone with authority in the SRU needs to step in and publicly put this collective of players and coaches on notice. Just not good enough.
Glasgow Warriors 49-0 Dragons
Kenny: A good night to be at Scotstoun with seven unanswered tries for Warriors. Franco Smith's comments are always spot on. Dragons were plucky in some phases but just outclassed over the 80 minutes.
Robert: Great win for the Warriors, a number of top performers like Gregor Brown and George Horn but Kyle Steyn again proved his worth. What a top class performer and Warriors captain he is.
Stuart: Glasgow still not clicked into gear and with all the injury issues and the reduced squad, they will probably only rarely be able to field their first choice 23 a couple of times this season in the URC. What Smith has done brilliantly over the last few years though is blood his young players and develop the entire squad to the point that everyone knows their role, the system, what their job is and what the expectations are of them even if they are playing out of position to the point that Glasgow almost don't have a first choice 23 and it's almost seamless. Glasgow did enough to blow Dragons away but there is better to come from this group, the intent is there and if it actually falls into place they'll be very difficult for anyone to beat. Delighted they shook off last week's shocking second half and some great individual performances and a much better team one.
Neil: 49-0 is a great result and a great response after the disappointing second half capitulation to Treviso last time out. Franco Smith will be pleased that Warriors put in a better performance and stopped the Dragons from scoring, but I still feel that there is a lot more to come from Glasgow, with a number of big names still out injured and some of the young players still developing.
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