WARRIORS winger Lee Jones is confident his team will come back stronger after their experience of a first Champions Cup quarter-final.

Glasgow lost the last-eight clash to title-holders Saracens, going down 38-13 at Allianz Park on Sunday. There was only one short spell in the second half when they were able to put any real pressure on the London club, but Jones is sure they can learn from their mistakes.

“I think the boys will be better for having had that experience,” the Scotland international said. “When it comes to games like that, it’s little things that make a big difference.

“We were in that game at 14-8, but then there were a couple of things that went wrong and suddenly the game looked like it was slipping away from us. It was at that stage of the game where if we had scored next and kept a bit of ball, it could have gone the other way. The game got away from us in that middle period of the second half.

“We never had a lot of ball in the first half when they dominated. Over the whole game they dominated the gain line, and that was one thing we had looked to - if we can stop them there, that’s when they lose games, and that’s where we would have won the match. They probably got that gain line first phase, second phase, and that’s where we struggled to defend after that.

“They were just really effective at what they do. We knew that - the coaches had prepared for two months looking at them, and we had ways that we were going to get ourselves into the game.

“But they starved us of possession in the first half. And when we did have the ball - they put you under incredible pressure. Pressure at the ruck, pressure when we’re kicking, and it’s difficult. You have to be at your absolute best to hold on to the ball.

“We did a bit better at the start of the second half, kept the ball and put them under pressure, but they were a really good side. I think they’ll do really well in the rest of the tournament.”

Saracens meet Munster in the semi-final later this month, and the Warriors are also up against the Irish side next, in the PRO12 in Cork on Saturday evening. Jones’s team need to win that game and their following three matches to have a chance of reaching the play-offs, and he insisted there would be no hangover from Sunday’s defeat as they prepare for a return to bread-and-butter business.

“We even spoke about it on the field at the end. We said that result’s done, there’s nothing we can do about it now, and Europe’s done for the season for us, so it’s about switching that focus back onto the league. We’re going to need to win every match that’s left, and the next one’s Munster.

“Obviously everybody wanted to make that quarter-final and that’s done. But it’s about taking that next step and like I say I hope the boys will be better for the experience and we can really push on next year. Now that we’ve reached that stage, it’s about being able to win those games.”