Connacht make their final away trip of a disappointing season when they face another searching evening in Glasgow against a Warriors side aiming to wrap up a home quarter-final in the PRO14.

Leinster 31 Glasgow Warriers 30: A youthful Leinster side had to deal with a second-half Glasgow power surge and a floodlight failure, the latter coming only 90 seconds out from the final whistle, before securing a 10th straight Guinness PRO12 win last night.

Glasgow looked set to snatch the spoils after overturning a 13-3 deficit.

Imagine the scenes if Connacht go and win the final!

Connacht’s incredible season records another first this evening when Pat Lam’s men contest the Guinness PRO12 semi-final against champions Glasgow.

Title holders Glasgow Warriors extended their winning run in the PRO12 to five matches.

Leinster displayed effort but little inspiration in missing out on the chance to leapfrog Connacht.

In all, five tries were scored by front-rowers as Glasgow edged past Munster.

The game has been switched to the all-weather surface at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock.

Ulster notched up their third consecutive PRO12 win to keep them set for a top-four finish.

Glasgow have already sold about 6,650 tickets for the league match.

Cardiff Blues slumped to their sixth successive defeat as Glasgow claimed maximum points with a 35-30 success at the Arms Park.

Ian Keatley landed a decisive late penalty as Munster saw off Glasgow Warriors at Thomond Park.

Glasgow reached the break with a 23-6 lead before Connacht fought back to almost win the game.

Munster 13 Glasgow Warriors 31: Thoughts that the blood on Gregor Townsend’s hands at Ravenhill on Saturday night was Anthony Foley’s proved unfounded as the Glasgow Warriors head coach looked forward to this Guinness Pro12 final victory providing a springboard to greater things for his club.

After being outplayed from first whistle to last and losing emphatically on the Kingspan Stadium scoreboard, Munster were in no position to make excuses for Saturday night’s Guinness Pro 12 at the hands of an outstanding Glasgow Warriors side.

In the end, joy and elation for a long-serving second row stalwart, but not the one we had hoped for. 

Paul O’Connell may be keeping quiet on his future but Anthony Foley knows it will not be with Munster and the head coach is making plans to bring in an overseas replacement for the departing Ireland captain.

Munster 13 Glasgow Warriors 31

Peter O’Mahony is good to go and lead Munster against Glasgow Warriors in Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 final in Belfast but serious doubts remain about two other current Irish team members, Conor Murray and Simon Zebo, with medical reports awaited on them today.

Semi-final match winner DTH van der Merwe and scrum-half Henry Pyrgos have both been at pains this week to stress that Glasgow Warriors are not merely content to have reached Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 final.

Given Matt O’Connor was fired as head coach by Leinster and Neil Doak is filling the role at Ulster until the arrival of Les Kiss, one might have expected Munster’s Anthony Foley to be displaying signs of pressure in the build-up to Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 final against Glasgow Warriors at the Kingspan Stadium, Belfast.

Anthony Foley will prepare for Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 final against Glasgow Warriors with injury problems exacerbating concerns about Munster’s poor game management in the narrow semi-final win over Ospreys.

Glasgow Warriors 16 Ulster 14

Ulster will make some changes to the side which dramatically earned a last-gasp draw with Munster for the province’s final regular season Pro12 game at Glasgow Warriors on Saturday afternoon.

Their chances of a Guinness Pro12 home semi-final have receded since drawing with Munster last Saturday but Paddy Jackson insists Ulster will go to Glasgow Warriors this weekend with only victory in mind.

Connacht have made three changes the their starting XV as they welcome Glasgow Warriors to the Sportsground on Saturday afternoon for their PRO12 clash.