Tim Swinson urges Glasgow Warriors to improve further despite wins in both games

Tim Swinson feels Glasgow can play much better
Tim Swinson feels Glasgow can play much better
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Glasgow Warriors lock Tim Swinson urged his side to seek for further improvement despite wins in their first two games of the Pro 14 season.

The Scotstoun outfit registered a 12-18 win over Connacht in the season opener and followed it with a 31-10 triumph over Ospreys that saw them claim the second position in Conference A.

Following the bonus point win over Ospreys, Dave Rennie stated that his side could have done better and the 30-year-old echoed his head coach's sentiment.

"I don't think it's just the coaching staff, as a playing squad that's what we have demanded from ourselves over the last few years. We are not happy with mediocrity.

"That can be down from (captain) Ryan (Wilson) through the leadership group, right through to the young academy guys who have been here for three months.

"Everyone wants to achieve and be better, we want to play a really good standard of rugby and we want to do that for 80 minutes.

"We have got two great results and nine points from two games is a good place to be, but if we focus on results rather than the process we will miss a few things. Our process hasn't been great so far but we have been improving week to week."

The Scotland international also credited Rennie for inducing an aggressive yet tactical style of play into the Warriors' game-play.

"He is very much into an up-tempo sort of game, which is quite similar to Gregor, but there are slightly different changes to our tactical awareness, which is interesting to take in," said the Scotland international, who is set to make his 100th Warriors appearance in Saturday's clash at Cardiff.

"You really see a different view on how to play rugby. Small changes have made an effect on our game."