Franco Smith provides Adam Hastings update after head injury

The Scotland international lowered to tackle Vaea Fifita and the powerful forward’s shoulder thundered into the side of Hastings’ head. The 28-year-old was momentarily out cold and struggled to get to his feet, looking visibly dazed. 

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Hastings had to be replaced just after the half-hour mark by Duncan Weir and Smith is hoping the diagnosis isn’t bad with the fly-half in hospital for tests.

“The dark side is the injury to Adam,” Smith admitted. “He's gone to the hospital to get sorted out. I don't want to go into the medical side of things, but he looked positive with the fact that he got up and walked off. 

“The initial thought was positive, but obviously he's going to be checked out in the hospital and X-rayed. We need to make sure that everything is done to get him back on the pitch when he's fit again.

Adam Hastings was helped from the field after half an hour (Image: SNS) “We hope and pray that it's not that serious. I thought he had his head on the wrong side of the tackle. It’s maybe a little technical error, but sometimes at a professional level, the guys get it wrong ecause of their willingness to not get it wrong. 

“In that part of the field, we were a little bit frustrated. We got there, got turned over and I think it was just a momentary lapse, a concentration lapse. It was just a technical error that led to the injury. I don't think there was any menace.

"What I'm trying to say is that there wasn't any menace from the carrier. He just put his head on the wrong side of the tackle.”

A makeshift Glasgow edged out Scarlets in a scrappy affair at Scotstoun in their first URC game in over a month after the international break.

The Warriors were missing a number of key players but Smith was delighted to pick up the win, even if they missed out on the bonus point. 

“It was four golden points,” he added. “I think we've played everybody in the squad, basically. It's only two or three players that have not been involved yet this season. I think it's basically Logan Trotter and Murphy Walker that haven't played yet. So, I'm really proud of what the boys brought tonight.

“This is a difficult period. I think if you take one step back, it was six hard weeks in the first part. First, you've got to establish yourself with the pressure of having won the thing last year. Everybody goes off to Scotland to play in the summer tour. They come back late, we start with Ulster without a pre-season game, play six games in a row, and give them back to Scotland.”

One of Glasgow’s standout performers was Jare Oguntibeju on his debut. The powerful lock played impressively throughout his 76 minutes on the field and Smith praised the 22-year-old’s determination to come back from a serious knee injury.

Jare Oguntibeju stood up well to the Scarlets pack on his Warriors debut (Image: SNS) “There's a lot of work that's gone into him,” Smith admitted. 

“When I saw him last year, when he came in, we just invited him into the environment. I thought we could make him a better athlete after a serious knee injury. He can offer something.

"He grabbed the opportunity with two hands. I'm really proud of him.”