Battling Warriors beat Toulouse

Glasgow caused a major Heineken Cup upset with their 33-26 win against Toulouse at the Stade Ernest Wallon in France on Saturday.

Three tries and a series of inch perfect kicks by Dan Parks gave the visitors the solid base they needed to grind out the result.

The Scottish club then held off a powerful recovery from their hosts to seal a shock away victory over the French champions.

Parks first edged Glasgow in front with a 45-metre penalty and two minutes later the Warriors carved out their first try when Vincent Clerc failed to deal with a grubber kick.

Graeme Morrison pounced to steal the ball and drop over the line - referee Wayne Barnes confirming the score after consulting his video counterpart.

Stunning

Jean-Baptiste Elissalde then pulled three points back when John Barclay was penalised for obstructing on Cedric Heymans.

But Parks failed to cancel out the score, missing his next penalty attempt, before the Warriors created their stunning second try.

The move, which even won the approval of the locals, began with a chip and chase before Barclay delivered the scoring pass to back-row colleague Kelly Brown.

Parks added the extras and was back in the action again to extend the lead with an opportunist drop-goal just before the interval to give the Scots a 20 point half-time lead.

Elissalde closed the gap with two penalties after the restart but when Fabien Pelous threw a punch Parks stepped up and slotted three more.

Desperation

Another grubber proved to be the hosts' undoing for the third try, Max Evans perfectly positioned to claim the first touch when the Toulouse backs failed to collect.

After Parks added the conversion the home side threw everything at Glasgow in desperation and the effort paid off when they were awarded a penalty try, converted by Yannick Jauzion.

Vincent Clerc set up a nailbiting finish when he crossed for the hosts and Gaffie du Toit converted four minutes from time .

But Glasgow held on and Toulouse had to settle for a losing bonus point thanks to a penalty from du Toit in the dying seconds of the encounter.