{"id":486105,"date":"2026-03-20T16:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486105\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:15:17","slug":"alex-craig-reflects-on-return-to-scotland-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486105\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Craig reflects on return to Scotland set-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex Craig has urged Glasgow<\/a> to turn the screw in their quest for United Rugby Championship<\/a> glory as they prepare to host Leinster<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 2024 champions are top of the table as the campaign enters its decisive phase in the wake of the Six Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we\u2019ve had a good season so far, but we need to make sure we\u2019re not resting on our laurels and making sure we\u2019re going out there and giving our best,\u201d said second row Craig.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause, ultimately, if we don\u2019t do that, then we\u2019re not going to get a result. We need to put our best foot forward and take it to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big challenge, obviously Leinster are always there or thereabouts every season. They\u2019ll be looking to try and come here and get a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

United Rugby Championship<\/p>\n

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Glasgow <\/p>\n

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Leinster <\/p>\n

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Craig is buoyed by having made his first Six Nations<\/a> appearance in five years after he came on in the second half of Scotland\u2019s defeat by Ireland<\/a> in Dublin last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a player, you want to play at the highest level and playing in the Six Nations is obviously one of the biggest tournaments in the world,\u201d said Craig, who won his seventh cap at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing to be part of the game and the opportunity to play for Scotland<\/a> is always incredible, but it was disappointing not to get a result. I loved being out there but it was just a shame about the result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craig is in the frame to face Leinster but several of Glasgow\u2019s more senior Scotland internationals are likely to be given the weekend off after their Six Nations exertions, while key forward duo Scott Cummings<\/a> and Gregor Brown<\/a> are facing injury lay-offs.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously they\u2019re going to be big losses because they\u2019re both very good players, but the guys who are still fit and available here, we need to make sure we take responsibility and put our best foot forward,\u201d said Craig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Craig has urged Glasgow to turn the screw in their quest for United Rugby Championship glory as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}