Benetton Treviso 8 Glasgow Warriors 13: match report However, Van der Merwe rewarded the coach's faith by rising from that bench and scoring the winning try with a burst of brilliance undiminished by his lengthy absence from the game. "I knew I would score a try in this game," smiled Van der Merwe. You have to believe it; if you don't believe it you're never going to get there. Growing up I learned always to back myself and do it for the team. Van der Merwe made his critical contribution in the 76th minute. Four minutes earlier, Treviso fly-half Kris Burton, as unimpressive in club colours as he often is in an Italy shirt, had prodded his side 8-6 in front with a straightforward penalty. The qualification arithmetic meant that Glasgow could lose with a bonus point and still grab a top-four place, but they would be relying on other teams to help them. So Van der Merwe, their top try-scorer last season, took matters in his own hands. From an unpromising position near halfway, he saw a chance that would have been missed by most players. "I picked out the second row and a prop on the short side," he explained. I was hanging around behind a ruck. I like to have a run and I was lucky enough to find the gap. Too modest, for luck played little part as Van der Merwe split the defence and then raced past Brendan Williams, no slouch himself, to collect the try. Ruaridh Jackson clipped the conversion over, and Glasgow closed out the game cleverly over the few minutes remaining, although it helped when Burton weighed in with the lurid knock-on that brought proceedings to a close. "It was a special try," purred Lineen. He saw a bit of space and went for it, but that's the kind of player he is. You look for these moments when you come away from home to a tough place like this. Glasgow had been hit by another tasty try at the opposite end of the game when the evergreen Williams rocketed down the right touchline, swerved past Chris Cusiter and raced over after just 10 minutes. But as Lineen suggested, the Scots regrouped and held their nerve, even as the odds seemed to pile up against them. A fierce downpour made things even harder, but Duncan Weir's two penalties saw Glasgow leading 6-5 just before the hour mark. In truth, the Scots were still far short of their best, an they were living dangerously when Burton fired two dropped goal attempts wide of the posts. Against a better playmaker they would almost certainly have take more damage on the scoreboard. But Glasgow used their bench cleverly. Henry Pyrgos had added urgency when he replaced Cusiter in the 51st minute, and the pack found a little more thrust when Tom Ryder and Johnnie Beattie entered the fray. And, of course, they still had their trump card waiting in the wings. "It's a tough, tough place to come," said the clearly relieved Warriors captain Al Kellock. In some ways we did not play terribly well but we certainly had the attitude and desire. Treviso: L McLean; T Iannone, T Benvenuti, A Sgarbi, B Williams; K Burton, E Gori; M Rizzo (M Muccignat 73), F Sbaraglini, L Cittadini (I Fenrnandez Rouyet 73), A Pavanello (capt; F Minto 8), C Van Zyl, M Vosawai (S Picone 44), A Zanni, R Barbieri. Glasgow: S Hogg; T Seymour (DTH Van der Merwe 63), A Dunbar, G Morrison, C Shaw; D Weir (R Jackson 73), C Cusiter (H Pyrgos 51); R Grant, P MacArthur, M Cusack (M Low 40), R Gray, A Kellock (capt; T Ryder 59), R Harley, C Fusaro (J Beattie 63), J Barclay. Referee: L Hodges (Wales).