Glasgow qualification hopes fade

Glasgow's hopes of Heineken Cup qualification were hanging by a thread following a 35-21 defeat by Bourgoin-Jallieu.

They could not find enough answers to the French side's power and pace and now need a sequence of freak results to have any chance of squeezing into the quarter-finals.

Bourgoin broke the deadlock in the 13th minute, catching the visiting markers completely flat-footed. Graeme Beveridge was robbed just inside his own half before wing Eromodo Tuni scuttled 50 metres to the line.

Alexandre Peclier added the conversion from a tricky angle before Tuni went over again.

Peclier was next to break through, kicking over his own score, before Bourgoin second row Pascal Pape was yellow-carded a minute before the break for preventing fair release in the wake of a tackle on Gordon Bulloch.

Glasgow made the most of their advantage when Gordon Simpson barged his way through from close range after an impressive pack-surge.

But any prospect of a meaningful fightback at that stage was snuffed out six minutes after the restart as wing Jean-Francois Coux scored.

Peclier was wide with the goal-attempt but made amends by slotting a simple penalty to create a 20-point gap midway through the half.

Glasgow's persistence was rewarded when they bagged a second try through Nathan Ross.

Howarth slotted the difficult conversion to keep them in the hunt - but Peclier clawed back the three points with a long-range penalty.

The Warriors refused to buckle and they earned another glimmer of hope when Howarth pounced to complete an interception score before slotting his third conversion.

But Peclier had the last word for Bourgoin with a breakaway effort.