WHEN Dave Rennie arrives in Glasgow next season, it will not just be the established star names who should be exciting him, but also the young talent bubbling under and just waiting for their chance.

That is the view of Kenny Murray, one of the assistant coaches at Glasgow Warriors, after witnessing a team dominated by Academy players, plus a few plucked from domestic club rugby in the BT Premiership, thrash Canada A on Tuesday night.

As he pointed out, this was the same visiting side that had been leading against an Ulster team until the final five minutes of their match in Belfast a few days earlier. In contrast, when the North Americans came to Scotland, there was only one team in it.

"It was brilliant, not just for this season, but also for the future," Murray said. "It was important in terms of guys putting their hands up to be the future of the club. When you see guys like Matt Fagerson, Josh Henderson and young George Horne performing like that, it is really impressive.

"Add guys like Lewis Wynne, who was not involved in this game but has been in others, and we have a lot of really good quality young players coming through. It is encouraging."

Horne, younger brother of Scotland international Peter, played a starring role with an 18-point contribution to the 63-0 hammering the team inflicted, including a flawless kicking display and a try at the end of each half.

Fagerson, another with an older brother – Zander – already in the Glasgow and Scotland ranks, made a big impression with his ball carrying and a few big tackles, while Henderson came on late, when the game was starting to run out of steam, and helped spark the final flurry that took the winning margin beyond 50.

"We played a few a games like that last year," said Murray. "They are really important for the guys who are fringe players and those coming back from injury. It was a really good performance from our guys. The young guys in particular.

"It is good for us and for the senior team before we play Connacht that we should have got a good win. It will boost the morale at the club. It was excellent. It means that when we go into training sessions we are going in with heads up, shoulders square, chest out."

The next generation may have done their bit to encourage the current stars – who were there in force to support their young rivals – but everybody knows the serious stuff starts on Saturday with the chance for revenge over Connacht in Galway.

"We had already done our preview for Connacht, and then we had a really important session," said Murray. "Most of the guys who played on Tuesday were back in to train with the guys who will be involved against Connacht, that is all part of the culture at the club. We are not one team."

There was also a fair amount of encouragement for the club administrators as more than 1700 turned out at Stirling to watch the game. Not that long ago, the full side were struggling to raise that kind of support to watch them play their biggest games; now they can command that many for a bounce pre-season match.

"It's great that so many people came. It shows you the enthusiasm for the club, for Glasgow Warriors. Stirling County is one of our draft clubs, so it is really important for us to get out and play there," Murray added.