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Glasgow Warriors scrum-half George Horne says Scottish teams “are not getting it done” erstwhile it comes to nan biggest games but believes winning 1 trophy could beryllium cardinal to unlocking much success.
Warriors beryllium 2nd successful nan United Rugby Championship arsenic they pursuit a first title since 2015.
And Horne, 28, is keen to study from respective adjacent misses and get his hands connected immoderate silverware.
“It seems to beryllium a communal point pinch Scottish rugby - you should person won that game,” Horne told the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast.
“We’ve conscionable sewage to spell retired and really conscionable get it done. We’re conscious of that, particularly arsenic a elder subordinate group; that erstwhile it gets to these large games that are swung connected mini moments, we're not getting it done."
And he added: “It's thing that's happening astatine Glasgow - Harlequins crippled [in nan Champions Cup], [Challenge Cup] last past year, Munster crippled successful nan [United Rugby Championship] 4th past twelvemonth and past it's benignant of a akin point pinch Scotland.
“We cognize we've sewage nan players and successful games we've sewage nan opportunities to do things and we've not been capable to. So, it's thing that I deliberation astatine nan extremity of nan time we're conscionable going to person to spell and do.
“We can't talk astir really adjacent we are, it's conscionable really acting connected that successful nan game. We're truthful hopeless to get it done but until that happens it's conscionable thing that's truthful frustrating.
“Once it happens once, hopefully we tin benignant of breed that winning culture. And you've seen nan likes of Leinster, Ireland - they're utilized to winning each these tight games. They conscionable cognize really to get nan occupation done. It's thing we tin hopefully amended on.”
Glasgow caput coach Franco Smith said precocious Scottish players get “too nervous” for nan biggest games and go excessively focussed connected nan last consequence alternatively than nan item astir performance.
Horne agrees that a desperation to triumph has proved counterproductive.
“Franco talks astir that a lot," Horne said. "Because we're truthful desperate, possibly you'll do thing other that you don't request to do aliases you'll spell distant from thing successful nan crippled scheme aliases you'll effort this aliases effort that.
“Whereas nan champion teams successful nan world execute their plan, they instrumentality to what they're bully astatine and they get it done.
“Personally, it's thing I'm bad for. I'm truthful hopeless to springiness my each and springiness my best, I'll astir apt extremity up trying to do excessively overmuch and it'll negatively effect nan team.
“We've sewage nan players, we've sewage nan 23, we've sewage nan squad. If we conscionable do our occupation connected nan day, we should person capable to beryllium hopefully going to win.”
