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Famous win for Glasgow, upsetting Toulouse in France
a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SXhUdtjU0QI/AAAAAAAACrw/A8KLnnOjIZA/s1600-h/glasgow-toulouse.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SXhUdtjU0QI/AAAAAAAACrw/A8KLnnOjIZA/s400/glasgow-toulouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294074231394717954" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"Glasgow Warriors achieved a famous victory in the Heineken Cup on the weekend as they took on French champions Toulouse in their own back yard. Winning 33-26, they shocked the home crowd and gained respect across the rugby world. /spanbr /br /Having not been beaten at Stade Ernest Wallon in two years and 15 matches, and with a quarter final in their sights, Toulouse were the odds on favourites.br /br /Glasgow were playing for nothing more than self-respect and the possibility of improving their seeding in future events. This was a true underdog story, and one that gives hope to those sides and players out there who lack the self belief to pull off the unimaginable.br /br /They came out firing with a sense of pride and passion rarely seen by the side that has struggled to achieve in the past. The final score is somewhat deceiving, as the visitors had a comfortable points cushion throughout.br /br /When Dan Parks kicked his first penalty, the crowd cheered, almost sympathetically. The reality of what was happening soon hit home though as the visitors scored two quick tries, and controlled the match right up until the last few minutes, when the French champions dramatically came back with a penalty try and a score from Vincent Clerc.br /br /Fourteen points of the lead was wiped away in two attacks. For a moment it looked as though the game
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