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Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend hailed his sides heroic defensive effort after their famous 23-14 win at Racing 92.The Scottish side claimed only their third win on French soil to give their hopes of qualifying from the pool stage of the European Champions Cup a huge boost.Tries from Alex Dunbar and Ali Price put Glasgow on the road to victory a year on from a defeat in Paris that all-but ended their European hopes.Argentina wing Juan Imhoff put Racing ahead in the opening exchanges before Carter scored late-on, but it was not enough to lift them off the foot of pool one ahead of next weeks return clash at Scotstoun.And Townsend hailed his Warriors after a herculean defensive effort.He said: It was great seeing the players going out there and performing.We missed that opportunity last year with a couple of errors that they capitalised on but today we looked after the ball really well and took our chances especially in the first-half.We were outstanding in defence, not only in general but in our line-out defence where they are really strong.To get the score just after half-time was crucial, it meant they would have to play and force things and we just had to be really strong defensively.The effort the players put in defensively won us that game.Finn Russell was named man-of-the-match after he got the better of opposite number Carter and kicked 13 points.The Scotland outside-half sent Dunbar over for his try and made a half-break before Prices second-half score, but he will have to do it all over again when the French champions arrive at Scotstoun next weekend.Townsend has urged his men to back-up their famous triumph with another faultless performance, adding: Finn loves these big games, he loved it, he kicked very well.There was a number of man-of-the-match performances out there today. 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And then as Dorsett was skating to the bench with one glove on, he gets hacked by a Capitals player (dont know who) in the foot and trips him with the trailing ref right in front of him watching the entire play happen! Any clarification you can give on this? Thanks. Love your thread. Randy Wolcott --- Id like to hear your comments on the slewfoot non-call on Derek Dorsett in Game 6 of the Caps/Rangers series on Sunday. I do not debate the penalty to Mike Green, as that call was the right one. What I dispute is the lack of call on Dorsett in the seconds leading up to the Green penalty. See Rule 52 and watch the replays of the incident! Thanks,Andrew PangArlington, VA --- You have to help me understand why Greens cross check to the face is not a major and why there is no subsequent league review/action. When you review the replay and look at Green you quite easily see it is a direct shot to the head with intent to cause harm. We talk about getting this stuff out of the game! I think the call here and lack of league action speaks otherwise. Rob Andrews Randy, Andrew and Rob: Thank you for the excellent questions each of you provide as a result of the attempted slew-foot by Derek Dorsett and the subsequent cross-check by Mike Green to the face of Dorsett. I will provide the answers to your question one frame at a time (video link). First rule 52 slew-footing is the act of a player using his leg or foot to knock or kick an opponents feet from under him, or pushes and opponents upper body backward with an arm or elbow, and at the same time with a forward motion of his leg, knocks or kicks the opponents feet from under him, causing him to fall violently to the ice. Derek Dorsett chased Mike Green for a loose puck at the half-wall with back and right side body position to Green who had the lead lane. In an effort to make contact Dorsett extended his left leg behind Greens right leg while applying upper body pressure with his hands and stick in a push motion (vs backward motion) causing Green to accelerate into the boards in an awkward, straight-up manner. There was no reverse/backward pressure exerted by Dorsett and the fact that Green did not fall "violently to the ice" as a result of the significant leg to leg contact might have been prevented by the cclose proximity to the boards where contact was initiated.dddddddddddd Dorsett was in fact the player that lost his balance and fell hard to the ice. These factors prevent the Referee from assessing a match penalty under the definition of rule 52 which is the only prescribed penalty the Ref can apply. Dorsett was not clear of any wrongdoing however given the manner in which he took Green into the boards from behind. As the play finished Dorsett could certainly be deemed guilty of a minor infraction for boarding. The cross-check delivered directly to the face of Dorsett by Mike Green on the other hand was done in retaliation for this attempted slew-foot. A time delay resulted from the hit into the boards following which Green turned his body toward Dorsett who had gotten up off his back onto his knees. As such Dorsett was in a vulnerable position with his face exposed directly in front of the enraged Washington defenceman. This reasonable time delay escalates the poor decision Mike Green made to deliver a cross-check to the face of Dorsett from a reflex, spontaneous reaction to a deliberate strike with intent on his opponent who was in a vulnerable and defenseless position. While the severity of the blow to the mouth of Dorsett was not sufficient to fall into the match penalty category, it is beyond a minor infraction (time delay) and definitely worthy of a major penalty and automatic game misconduct under rule 59—cross-checking. This lack of "excessive force" would also be taken into account by the Player Safety Committee in determining that no further action should be taken against Mike Green. Randy, there is no provision for a four minute penalty in the cross-checking rule like we see in the high-sticking rule when an injury results. Derek Dorsett was on his knees and aside from Greens action being a distinct cross-check motion, based on Dorsetts posture at the time high-sticking would seldom be considered by the Referee. Mike Ribeiros convenient stick placement in the skates of Derek Dorsett was "cheap" but not something that needed to be addressed at that time in the game as Dorsett was proceeding to his bench with no stick in his hand and holding his mouth. My take on the play at the time it happened remains unchanged. Mike Green would receiv