Evans was on the scoresheet in the memorable Glasgow win

Glasgow coach Sean Lineen revealed part of his team's game plan during the victory over Toulouse was to make their opponents turn against each other.

Glasgow's 33-26 win over the French giants is one of the greatest upsets in Heineken Cup history.

"We knew we had a chance as we just lost at home 22-16," said Lineen.

"We thought, if we could frustrate them, they have an ability to implode and they started arguing with each other, which was good for us."

Glasgow arrived in France knowing they were no longer able to qualify for the quarter-finals from Pool 5.

But tries from Graeme Morrison and Kelly Brown, as well as Dan Parks kicking, gave the Scots a 23-3 lead at the mid-point of the match.

Max Evans scored another try after the break, which Parks converted to deliver the famous victory over the three-times European champions.

"They're a fantastic team, there's no doubt about that, but we had a game plan to run it from deep," said Lineen.

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"You don't want to give Toulouse the ball because they're very dangerous from counter attacks and they love running with the ball.

"But the guys played with tremendous spirit, the defence worked, and I'm delighted with the players.

"You have to have a bit of luck and a neutral referee and Wayne Barnes was certainly that."

The Glasgow coach heaped praise on a number of individual performances, including stand-off Dan Parks, who was only recalled to the side as a late replacement for Ruaridh Jackson, who had failed to recover from a thigh injury.

"Dan's gone through a rough patch over the last year or so, so it was great to see him come through," added Lineen.

"He scored a drop goal just before half time and he also slotted over a couple of penalties.

"But flanker John Barclay's been outstanding all season for us and Thom and Max Evans too, but it was a real team effort."

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