Will Smith stay as coach after Warriors' Dublin drubbing?

In a play caput coach Franco Smith says has "had much affirmative days than negatives ones", it was a shame Glasgow Warriors' run ended connected a large downer successful nan astir acquainted mounting for specified disappointments - nan Aviva Stadium.

The location of Irish rugby has been a graveyard for Scottish sides.

None - not Glasgow aliases Edinburgh, not Scotland – has ever won there, and Warriors ne'er looked remotely tin of ending that hopeless tally arsenic Leinster ripped nan URC title from their grasp.

The vexation is Glasgow did truthful small successful nan semi-final to extremity them.

Aside from George Horne's early effort and a quickfire double from Jamie Dobie and Sione Tuipulotu erstwhile nan lucifer had agelong ended arsenic a contest, Warriors were dominated successful each facet of nan game.

All nan battles – possession, territorial, tactical, aerial, discipline, interaction – were bossed by nan men successful blue.

"Going successful half-time 25-5 down meant we would person to beryllium bonzer successful nan 2nd portion of nan game. It's a small spot of an uphill conflict then," Smith told BBC Scotland aft nan match.

"They didn't let america to play, I thought their defence was excellent. [Leinster elder coach] Jacques Nienaber is doing a awesome job. He's a doubly World Cup victor pinch that type of defence that they've used.

"They were connected apical of it today, they've constricted teams nan full play from scoring points against them, and nary quality today.

"I deliberation erstwhile they smelled humor successful nan 2nd portion of nan game, it was ever going to beryllium difficult to cancel that deficit."

It was for illustration groundhog time successful Dublin.

Leinster walloped Glasgow 52-0 successful nan Champions Cup quarter-final successful April and, while nan shortage connected nan scoreboard whitethorn not person been arsenic wide connected this occasion, everything other pointed to 2 sides operating connected different planes.

In an injury-plagued campaign, reaching nan past 4 has been a reliable defence of their URC crown. The only regret is Glasgow did not person 1 past conflict successful them.

Some made a lawsuit earlier nan crippled that Leinster whitethorn choke nether nan unit while still struggling to travel to position pinch nan Champions Cup semi-final conclusion by Northampton that prompted specified soul-searching.

Glasgow ne'er put themselves successful a position to trial Leinster's nerve.

Smith was affectional post-match, nary uncertainty stung by nan quality of nan nonaccomplishment and drained aft different agelong and demanding play distant from his family.

There has been overmuch speculation arsenic to whether nan South African wants to fulfil nan last twelvemonth of his statement astatine Scotstoun.

He near much than a fewer breadcrumbs backmost successful February erstwhile he near nan doorway unfastened to an attack from Wales to switch Warren Gatland. That vacancy has yet to beryllium permanently filled.

Some were campaigning for Smith to measurement up and switch Gregor Townsend arsenic Scotland coach aft different underwhelming Six Nations. Townsend names his squad for nan summertime Tests connected Tuesday – he's going nowhere.

Having publically expressed his vexation pinch nan departure of cardinal players this summer, specified arsenic Henco Venter, Tom Jordan and Sebastian Cancelliere, amid nan SRU's thrust to beforehand young Scottish talent, it would beryllium understandable if Smith now felt he had taken Glasgow arsenic acold arsenic he can.

When asked straight by BBC Scotland whether he would still beryllium astatine Scotstoun adjacent season, nan caput coach offered nary guarantees.

"I'm looking guardant to bespeak a small bit," he said. "I deliberation it's 44 weeks we've been astatine it, there's only 52 weeks successful nan year, truthful it's a afloat year's work.

"If you take sides nan title you person to beryllium connected apical of your crippled successful each of it, truthful it will beryllium important for maine now to spell and bespeak a small bit, and return a spot of downtime, and hopefully spot what's going to travel next."