{"id":513118,"date":"2025-10-20T00:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513118\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T00:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:29:11","slug":"preparation-key-for-captain-steyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513118\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation key for captain Steyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Franco Smith\u2019s squad ran in six tries to claim a 42-17 win over their hosts, with Steyn on the scoresheet for the second successive fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Premier Sports following the final whistle, the Scotland winger highlighted the impact of Tuesday\u2019s SP Energy Networks Open Training Session in Stirling, which saw the Warriors put through their paces at Bridgehaugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely helped with the mindset,\u201d said Steyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt pushes you out of your comfort zone and makes you do something different, which is always the key with away games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew that we were going to go to a ground which was new to us, so to take training on the road this week and do something different really helped and everyone bought into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The captain dots down! \u00a9\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Steyn with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlasgowWarriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GlasgowWarriors<\/a>\u2018 second try of the game at the Brewery Field \u2694\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TWG3ktm0lu\">pic.twitter.com\/TWG3ktm0lu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PremSportsTV\/status\/1979625969880047910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Glasgow lineup showing nine changes in personnel produced a powerful display under the Brewery Field floodlights, with Steyn quick to highlight the impact of those coming into the starting XV.<\/p>\n<p>The captain was also full of praise for BKT URC Player of the Match Jamie Dobie, the scrum-half grabbing a brace of tries in an influential all-round display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the boys that came into the lineup this week stood up really well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Guys like Max [Williamson] and Angus Fraser up front put in a heck of a shift, they really gave us the platform to go out there and express ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that Jamie [Dobie] played at scrum-half tonight, too \u2013 he was outstanding and really set the tempo for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s men now return home for one final test before the November international window, as the Vodacom Bulls visit Scotstoun for a showdown under the Friday night lights.<\/p>\n<p>Beaten finalists in each of the last two seasons, Steyn is under no illusions as to the talent possessed by the men from Pretoria \u2013 but also is resolute in his belief that his squad have the strength in depth to match their visitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing our roles is something we put a big emphasis on in training,\u201d said the captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFranco\u2019s very good at giving guys a bit of insight into what changes are going to happen and why, and everyone is very clear on the detail and what\u2019s required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s such a key thing when it comes to the guys coming in and not missing a beat, and that showed tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glasgowwarriors.org\/fanzone\/preparation-key-for-captain-steyn\/tinyurl.com\/44rhz227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Vodacom-Bulls-X.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Franco Smith\u2019s squad ran in six tries to claim a 42-17 win over their hosts, with Steyn on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-513118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115403670819521309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}