A win for the Warriors tonight would have made it an unbeaten calendar year at home, but their Welsh bogey team, Newport Gwent Dragons, were their undoing.

The Dragons have now beaten the Warriors in all but one meeting of the two sides.

Warriors head coach, Sean Lineen, was suitably frustrated with the result: “We made too many basic errors. These guys are meant to professional rugby players and passing and catching seems to be beyond some of them.

”Our skill level doesn’t back our ambition. It’s all down to how we as a group take it on from here.

“No disrespect to the Dragons but they did nothing. They didn’t win the game, we lost it.”

He added: “On a positive note, it was fantastic to see Kevin Tkachuk back. He played well and made a real impact when he came on.”

An impressive early kicking display from Scotland international stand-off Dan Parks gave Glasgow the lead but the Dragons hit back with a try from flanker Joe Bearman which Ceri Sweeney duly converted.

A cross-field kick from Sweeney put fullback Bernardo Stortoni under pressure. Deliberately killing the ball saw the Dragons awarded a penalty which they took quickly and sent Bearman in beside the left post.

Sweeney then went onto slot two penalties, one either side of half-time, before Sam Pinder pulled a try back for the hosts just before the hour mark, substitutes Alastair Kellock and Kevin Tkachuk linking nicely to put the scrum-half away.

However, it was Peter Sidoli who crossed the line ten minutes later to seal the win despite a late penalty from Parks.

Glasgow: Bernardo Stortoni; Colin Shaw, Daryl Gibson, Scott Barrow, Hefin O'Hare, Dan Parks CAPTAIN, Sam Pinder, Justin Va'a, Fergus Thomson, Moray Low, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, James Eddie, John Barclay, Kelly Brown
Replacements: Alastair Kellock for Newman and Kevin Tkachuk for Va’a (both 53 mins), Johnnie Beattie for Eddie (55 mins), Colin Gregor for Barrow (72 mins), Mike Adamson for Pinder (80 mins)
Unused: Eric Milligan; Ed Kalman

Dragons: Kevin Morgan; Richard Fussell, Paul Emerick, Ashley Smith, Richard Mustoe; Ceri Sweeney, Andy Williams; Adam Black, Ben Daly, Rhys Thomas, Andy Hall, Adam Jones, Joe Bearman, Colin Charvis (capt), Michael Owen
Replacements: Steve Jones, Hugh Gustafson, Peter Sidoli, Jame Harris, Lewis Evans, Aled Thomas, Alex Walker

Referee: David Keane (IRFU)