Celtic League / Glasgow 27 Ulster 25: Glasgow inflicted a shock defeat on Ulster at Hughenden last night. The home side had to withstand a late Ulster charge, which yielded tries from Matt McCullough and Scott Young in the closing minutes but the Irish side could not salvage a victory.

Ulster only had themselves to blame, having squandered the lion's share of possession in a bizarre opening half and found themselves nine points adrift at the interval.

A rolling maul finally paid dividends when Neil Best was driven over for the game's opening try in the 29th minute to establish an 11-3 lead. Before that Adam Larkin had converted two penalties to one by Calvin Howarth.

But as the half drew to a close, the game was remarkably turned on its head, with 17 points coming for the home side within four minutes.

GLASGOW: G Metcalfe; R Kerr, G Morrison, A Bulloch (try), S Lamont (try); C Howarth (3 pens, 2 cons), G Beveridge; A Kelly, S Lawson (try), E Murray, J Beardshaw, N Ross, P Dearlove, D Macfadyen, J Petrie (capt). Replacements: R Reid for J Petrie (11-23), D Millard for Morrison (22-31), S Pinder for Beveridge (23-40, 77) L Harrison for Kelly (62mins).

ULSTER: B Cunningham; J Topping, P Wallace (2 cons), P Steinmetz, S Young (try); A Larkin (2 pens), N Doak; R Kempson, M Sexton, R Moore, G Longwell, M McCullough (try), A Ward (capt), N Best (try, R Wilson. Replacements: P Shields for Sexton (14), N McMillan for Best (56), S Stewart for Larkin (57), M Mustchin for Longwell (60), K Campbell for Doak (67)

Referee: N Owens (Wales).