GLASGOW Warriors winger Tommy Seymour has insisted that the credit for his PRO12 Try of the Season award should be shared by team-mates Finn Russell and Duncan Weir. Seymour’s try against Ulster at Scotstoun beat tries by Bundee Aki of Connacht and Craig Gilroy of Ulster in a supporters’ poll carried out by Sky Sports.
“It's a very humbling award but I only played a small part in how the try played out,” Seymour said on Sunday night after receiving the award for a score which saw him collect a crossfield pass from Russell and sprint from around halfway. “It was more to do with Finn's ability to get that ball across the park having taken a difficult pass - and Duncy Weir as well for spotting it off the field.
“Duncy noticed it going in at half-time, and that's the benefit of having a No 10 like him with his experience of how to read a game. Sometimes on the park it's harder to see.
“Finn had to execute it. I hardly had to break stride and credit should go to them. I'll collect the award on behalf of all three of us.”
Having played the day before in the defeat by Connacht which means Glasgow will return to Galway for the play-off semi-final, Seymour insisted his team would be ready to make amends a week on Saturday - although he also acknowledged they would be up against it, as no away team has so far won a semi-final. “They’ve only lost once at home and they play some great rugby, but we'll be looking to find ways to break them down.
“You’ve got to have that belief in your ability to do something that hasn't been done. History is against us, but we'll be going across there full of belief that we can get the result.”
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