Horne 'delighted' to extend stay at 'exciting' Warriors
George Horne has signed a new contract with Glasgow Warriors just days after becoming the club's record try scorer.The 29-year-old scored Warriors' fourth try in Saturday's 42-0 win over Lions to take his club total to 55, which saw him overtake DTH van der Merwe as the United Rugby Championship club's record try scorer.The scrum-half says it was an easy decision to sign a new contract at "exciting" Glasgow Warriors, with the club announcing he he signed on "for the foreseeable future"."That's the main thing, everyone's been so delighted for me, a lot of congratulations online and stuff, so it's been nice to see," he said."The boys have been great, they recognised it after the game. I'm just thankful to play in a team that gets me on the end of a lot of tries, it's been a cool couple of days."[I've] Just signed up for another couple of years here, and I think I said after the game, I'm really proud to represent Glasgow, the club and the city as well and obviously delighted to be staying on."It's a club where I've played my whole professional career at, I love being part of it - the boys, the backroom staff, everyone involved with the club - it's a great place to come into work every day."Obviously, coming off the back of last year, we're in a pretty good place, but we're desperate to achieve more. It's an exciting club to be a part of at the moment, and I can't wait to see what the rest of this year and the next couple of years have in store."
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