Richie Gray: Everyone at Glasgow Warriors was flattened by Edinburgh result but we need to re-energise for Leinster

A despondency has settled around Glasgow Warriors following their heavy defeat by Edinburgh and Richie Gray knows the squad must lift itself for next week’s URC quarter-final against Leinster.

It’s a daunting test and few would back Glasgow to go over to Dublin and pull off an upset. There was little in their performance at Murrayfield to suggest they are capable of defeating the European finalists but they have beaten Leinster before and Gray believes there is a determination within the group to salvage something from a campaign in which they have flirted with the top end of the table.

The second-row has been a solid, dependable presence this season, an 80-minute performer who has brought his experience to bear in his second spell at Glasgow.

Having scaled the heights in French rugby, clinching the Top 14 with Toulouse, Gray would love to win silverware with his hometown club. He had already left when Glasgow reached the Pro12 final in 2014 and went one better the following year by beating Munster in the final.

“Those were great years and a period of a lot of success for Glasgow,” he said. “Watching from afar I was hugely proud and wanted to be a part of that. It is a huge driver for me and for everyone in the club to continue that success and win for Glasgow.

“After the weekend against Edinburgh myself and everybody were absolutely gutted, absolutely flattened. Again, it is about picking the energy up and trying to get something out of this season.

“If we look at it on the whole, from September to March we were sitting in the top four, sometimes top two. This last run of games has been disappointing, but we can't forget all the good work we did at the start of the season. To get a trophy out of this would mean a lot to