Toulouse hunt Bears to European extinction, Glasgow slaughter Bulls

Glasgow won a gruelling Investec Champions Cup clash against Bulls to move into the quarter-finals.

With wet and windy conditions making life difficult for both teams, it was the hosts who eventually prevailed 25-21 after a nip-and-tuck contest.

Handre Pollard’s penalty gave Bulls the first points but Glasgow grabbed the opening try in the 18th minute, Max Williamson barging his way over and Dan Lancaster converting.

Bulls retook the lead when Johan Grobbelaar ended a spell of pressure by going over in the corner, and a penalty from Pollard extended their advantage.

Back came Glasgow with a try through Jack Dempsey, but Bulls went in at half-time narrowly ahead thanks to another penalty from Pollard.

It was advantage Warriors after a try from Patrick Schickerling in the 57th minute and they looked to have wrapped things up when Stafford McDowall finished off a fine move, only for a converted try from Marco van Staden with three minutes left to reduce the deficit to a single point.

But a yellow card for Elrigh Louw allowed Adam Hastings to slot over a final penalty and clinch victory for Glasgow.

Meanwhile, Toulouse romped to a 59-26 victory over Bristol to reach the quarter-finals of the Investec Champions Cup.

The six-time champions ran in nine tries as the Bears were blown away in France despite a late fightback.

Bristol scored the first try in only the fifth minute through Fritz Harding but that kick-started a blitz from Toulouse, who crossed through Jack Willis, Peato Mauvaka twice and Kalvin Gourgues inside 20 minutes.

Matthis Lebel scored his first try in the 35th minute and teed up Gourgues to make it 40-7 at half-time before crossing again inside a minute of the restart.

Kalaveti Ravouvou took Bristol into double figures with their second try as Romain Ntamack was sent to the sin bin, but that did not stop Teddy Thomas scoring a quickfire brace to extend Toulouse’s lead further.

Bristol could take some comfort from a rousing finish as James Williams sprinted away for an interception try before Noah Heward added a fourth late on.