Ulster's good form goes on with win over Glasgow

Ulster defeated defending champions Glasgow to return to the summit of the Pro12 table in a hard fought game in Belfast.

Ruan Pienaar missed the chance to give Ulster the lead after six minutes when he pushed a simple penalty wide.

Glasgow took the lead three minutes later when centre Sam Johnson caught the home defence flat footed with a break through midfield that created an overlap and the ball was moved to the wing for Lee Jones to have a simple run in but out half Gregor Hunter failed to convert.

Ulster were unfortunately not to get a try on 27 minutes when following a great Craig Gilroy break he put a grubber kick in behind the Glasgow defence but Warriors scrum half Ali Price beat Pienaar to touch down in goal.

Ulster thought they had a try on 35 minutes but it was disallowed by the TMO as he adjudged Glasgow propSila Puafisi got downward pressure before Ulster replacement scrum half Paul Marshall.

Hunter missed a long range penalty on 48 minutes.

Callum Black scored his first Ulster try on his 100th appearance for the province.

Following a good break by Gilroy and some strong driving close to the Glasgow line Black barged over from close range and Jackson converted.

Jackson extended Ulster’s lead with a simple penalty from in front of the posts after a high tackle on Craig Gilroy.

Glasgow had captain Ryan Wilson yellow carded but Ulster failed to take advantage and the Warriors secured a bonus point in injury time when Australian winger Taqele Naiyaravoro collected Grayson Hart’s cross field kick to dot down.

Ulster:S Olding, C Gilroy, D Cave, S McCloskey, J Stockdale S Windsor, R Pienaar,C Black, R Herring, R Lutton; A O’Connor, F van der Merwe, R Diack, S Reidy, N Williams

Replacements:J Andrew for Herring 43 mins, K McCall for McCall 56 mins, B Ross for Lutton 76 mins, C Henry for Reidy 53 mins, R Wilson for Williams 63 mins, P Marshall for Pienaar 29 minutes, P Jackson for Windsor 41 mins, S Arnold for Stockdale 75 mins

Glasgow Warriors:P Murchie, L Jones, G Bryce, S Johnson, R Hughes, G Hunter, Ali Price,R Grant, P MacArthur, S Puafisi, G Peterson, L Nakarawa, R Harley, S Favaro, R Wilson

Replacements:J Malcolm for McArthur 35 mins, A Allan for 59 mins, D Rae for Puafisi 69 mins, J Strauss for Nakarawa 59 mins, C Fusaro for Favaro 39 mins, G Hart for Price 63 mins, P Horne for Hunter 53 mins, T Naiyaravoro for Jones 63 mins

Ref M Mitrea (Italy)