Bulls wanted it more than Glasgow in semi-final - Steyn
· Yahoo Sports
Kyle Steyn admitted Glasgow Warriors are "devastated" by Saturday's narrow United Rugby Championship semi-final defeat by Bulls and believes the South African outfit simply wanted it more.
Glasgow led 21-3 at Murrayfield, but slipped to a 22-21 loss as their season ended in disappointment.
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Franco Smith's side topped the URC table in the regular season, ensuring home matches throughout the play-offs, but were unable to take advantage.
"We're devastated," said captain Steyn. "The hard truth of it is the Bulls came out in the second half and they wanted it more than us. They got to breakdowns before us and, at big moments, they just did simple things better than we did.
"That's what really devastating for us as a player group. For all that's been put into the season, with the squad the size it was, with the challenges stacked the way they were, for what everyone involved in this group did to get into these kind of games and then to walk off and feel like we haven't absolutely left everything out there.
"The gut feeling is that we lost the game, we weren't beaten. I don't want that to sound arrogant because credit to the Bulls for staying in the fight. But for everything that's gone into it this season, it was disappointing."
Glasgow won the URC title in 2024 but have now suffered semi-final disappointment in the last two seasons.
"We have to take the next step," Steyn said. "We absolutely have to take this punch on the chin and learn the way we should. But also we've been here often enough now to know what it takes.
"We've got to regroup and when we come back we've got to be hungry and challenge ourselves to show up in more of these moments. If you show up in more of these moments, then you can win these big games."