Connacht End Season On A High

…Mark McHugh lines up a conversion attempt at the Sportsground…

Glasgow Warriors’ bid for Heineken Cup qualification fizzled out at the Sportsground as five-try Connacht ended their season on a high.

CELTIC LEAGUE: Friday, May 26

CONNACHT 33 GLASGOW WARRIORS 7, The Sportsground (Att: 1,100)

Scorers: Connacht: Tries: Matt Lacey, John Fogarty, Chris Keane, David Gannon, David Slemen; Cons: Mark McHugh 4

Glasgow: Try: Sam Pinder; Con: Colin Gregor

TIME LINE: 7 minutes – Connacht try: Matt Lacey – 5-0; conversion: missed by Mark McHugh – 5-0; 14 mins – Connacht try: John Fogarty – 10-0; conversion: Mark McHugh – 12-0; 34 mins – Connacht try: Chris Keane – 17-0; conversion: Mark McHugh – 19-0; Half-time – Connacht 19 Glasgow 0; 45 mins – Glasgow try: Sam Pinder – 19-5; conversion: Colin Gregor – 19-7; 49 mins – Connacht try: David Gannon – 24-7; conversion: Mark McHugh – 26-7; 68 mins – Connacht try: David Slemen – 31-7; conversion: Mark McHugh – 33-7; Full-time – Connacht 33 Glasgow 7

CONNACHT: Matt Mostyn; Darren Yapp, John Hearty, Gavin Williams, Conor McPhillips; Mark McHugh, Chris Keane; Ray Hogan, John Fogarty, Stephen Knoop, David Gannon, Andrew Farley (capt), John Muldoon, Matt Lacey, Colm Rigney.

Replacements used: Mike Swift for Rigney, David Slemen for Mostyn (both 44 mins), Tom Tierney for Keane (54), David McGowan for Farley (59), Adrian Clarke for Hogan (65), Ted Robinson for Hearty (68), Joe Merrigan for Fogarty (70).

GLASGOW: Graydon Staniforth; Spencer Davey, Hefin O’Hare, Graeme Morrison, Rory Lamont; Colin Gregor, Sam Pinder; Stuart Corsar, Fergus Thomson, Kevin Tkachuk, James Eddie, Dan Turner, Jon Petrie, Donnie Macfadyen (capt), John Beattie.

Replacements used: Eric Milligan for Corsar, Iain Kennedy for Staniforth (both half time), Scott Lawson for Thomson (47), Dan Parks for Pinder, Andrew Wilson for Petrie (both 49), Craig Hamilton for Eddie, John Barclay for Macfadyen (62).

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)