Dad Gavin and uncle Scott were part of Scotland’s greatest ever team which won the Grand Slam in 1990, but Adam Hastings offered the latest evidence on Friday evening that he can establish his name in his own right on the rugby field with a fine display of generalship to help Glasgow Warriors secure a place in this season’s Pro14 play-offs.
Difficult conditions and quality opposition in a Cheetahs side that lies third in Pro14 Conference A and is unencumbered by international calls during the Six Nations window, ensured that it would be a thorough examination of the credentials of the youngsters in the Warriors side.
Hastings’ performance consequently drew high praise from coach Dave Rennie as the 21-year-old staked a claim to being the man to replace Finn Russell when the Scotland stand off heads for pastures new at the end of this season, but while he is aware of the opportunity, he is aware that he has only begun to make a mark.
“Obviously if your first choice is leaving it opens up opportunities, but a lot of boys have been playing well in this 10 jersey, so it’s important that if I get an opportunity again I go out and do a job,” he said, having contributed 12 points to the win with three conversions and a brace of penalties to the 37-23 win.
Friday’s performance was an example of doing just that as he and George Horne, their tyro of a scrum-half, were given a chance to make amends for failing to stamp their authority on proceedings at the Dragons the previous week when the Warriors failed to win a Pro14 match for just the second time this season.
“We spoke about it after last week, that was a massive work-on, us half-backs just managing the game and hopefully we did that well today. There are still parts where we could have been a bit better, but all in all it was pretty good I thought,” said Hastings.
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