Warriors march on
Glasgow maintained their impressive recent form with a hard-fought 17-9 victory over Ulster at Firhill Arena.
Last Updated: 25/11/11 10:11pm
Glasgow maintained their impressive recent form with a hard-fought 17-9 victory over Ulster at Firhill Arena.
The home side's fifth consecutive league victory was secured thanks to 12 points from the boot of Duncan Weir and a Troy Nathan try.
Ulster's nine points came via three penalties from fly-half Ian Humphreys, but they were left with no reward for their efforts as a last-gasp drop-goal denied them even a losing bonus point.
Weir broke the deadlock with an early penalty as Glasgow dominated the opening lineout exchanges.
Ulster, however, looked lively on the counter and Irish international Andrew Trimble made a clean break in midfield before offloading to Simon Danielli.
The Scot was stopped just short and then penalised for holding on in the tackle.
The scores were level moments later though, as Humphreys slotted a penalty from 30 metres.
It was not long until the relentless forward power of Glasgow paid dividends, a thrusting run from temporary blood replacement Chris Fusaro only being halted by a dangerously high tackle from hooker Andy Kyriacou.
Swirling wind
Weir converted the resulting penalty with ease and extended his side's lead with another successful kick despite the swirling wind.
Humphreys was not so accurate just before half-time, but made amends minutes into the second half after the Glasgow front row were penalised for dropping their bind.
The scores were level again when a kick ahead from Humphreys ricocheted off the foot of Glasgow winger David Lemi.
The ball was gathered by Graeme Morrision but the centre was adjudged to have been in an offside position, allowing Humphreys to slot another penalty.
However kicking conditions became increasingly difficult in the windy conditions and Humphreys sliced two penalty attempts wide of the uprights in quick succession.
Glasgow made their opponents pay in the closing stages. Having broken one tackle, Weir released Nathan who, after exchanging passes with Lemi, romped into the corner to touch down.
Weir skewed the conversion wide but made sure of the win in the dying moments with a calmly struck drop-goal.
