Connacht (3) 19
Try: Duffy Cons: Keatley Pens: Keatley (4)
Glasgow (6) 19
Tries: van der Merwe, Eddie Pens: Jackson (3)

Glasgow's Dougie Hall is tackled by Sean Cronin of Connacht

An injury-time try from flanker James Eddie saw Glasgow dash Connacht's hopes of a much-needed win in Galway.

Leading 14-3 thanks to three Ruaridh Jackson penalties and a try from DTH van der Merwe, Glasgow looked set to win and return to the top of the table.

Connacht fought back, with Ian Keatley kicking two penalties and converting a slick solo try from Gavin Duffy.

Keatley's fourth penalty, three minutes from time, looked to be the winning score but Eddie got over in the corner.

Replacement Colin Gregor put his touchline conversion wide but Glasgow were still the happier side at the final whistle.

Glasgow were first off the mark after 12 minutes with a Jackson penalty from a central position.

Connacht hooker Sean Cronin got the Irish province on the march and their first bit of decent territory yielded a successful penalty for Keatley 24 minutes in.

But two more Jackson penalties saw Glasgow 9-3 clear at the interval.

Glasgow put 11 points between the sides in the 48th minute when big Canadian winger van der Merwe finished off a slick move down the left involving four players.

But the try went unconverted and Michael Bradley's men clawed their way back into contention with full-back Duffy evading tackles from Mark McMillan and Ed Kalman to touch down behind the posts.

Keatley tapped over the conversion and maintained his 100% record with a fourth penalty.

Glasgow upped the tempo with a series of drives, sucking a tiring Connacht defence in before Eddie found space to squeeze over in the corner.

Connacht: Duffy, Nathan, Matthews, Wynne, Carr, Keatley, F. Murphy, Wilkinson, Cronin, Hagan, Swift, McCarthy, Muldoon, O'Connor, Naoupu.
Replacements: Morris for Hagan (41), Upton for Swift (58), McComish for O'Connor (62).

Glasgow: Stortoni, Shaw, Murchie, Horne, van der Merwe, Jackson, McMillan, Welsh, Hall, Kalman, Barker, Turner, Eddie, Forrester, Vernon.
Replacements: Kinloch for Shaw (72), O'Hare for van der Merwe (65), Gregor for Jackson (65), Tkachuk for Kalman (53), Gray for Barker (53).

Referee: James Jones (WRFU).

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