The Warriors cemented their place at the top end of the Magners League tonight as they stormed to a bonus point win over Cardiff Blues at Firhill tonight - lifting them into second place.

Man of the match, Max Evans, scored two of the Warriors’ four tries which earned the home side a vital win going into the business end of the season.

After the game, Warriors head coach Sean Lineen said: “It was a real team effort and, as I’ve said before, it all starts with the front five. A guy I’d like to single out is Tim Barker. He’s worked very hard during the Autumn international period and got over the gain line every time tonight.

“Second in the league might be a little foreign to us, but Glasgow is an exciting place to be right now. The guys could now either get a bit dizzy or just say ‘right, we’re on to something special here’.”

Dan Parks opened the scoring, after a slow start, with a Penalty in the 24th minute. This was quickly followed by a try from scrum-half, Mark McMillan, which came from a dropped ball from a Cardiff line-out near their own try line. Unfortunately Dan Parks missed the difficult conversion.

Max Evans then stretched the lead with his first try of the evening, creating some space for himself after a long battle between the forwards. The score at half time was 13-0 as Parks again missed the conversion in bitterly cold conditions.

The second half saw Dan Parks score his second penalty of the night, which was quickly followed-up by a try from Lome Fa’atau. The chance was created when Kelly Brown grasped a loose ball, which was then chipped through by Andy Henderson, to the scorer.

Right at the death, Max Evans capitalised on a neat chip forward by Dan Parks and together picked up the final points of the match, with Parks scoring the conversion, leaving the Warriors soaring 28 points up with no reply.

Glasgow Warriors: Bernardo Stortoni; Lome Fa’atau, Max Evans, Andrew Henderson, Thom Evans; Dan Parks, Mark McMillan; Justin Va’a, Dougie Hall, Ed Kalman, Tim Barker, Alastair Kellock CAPTAIN, Calum Forrester, Kelly Brown, Johnnie Beattie
Substitutes: Moray Low for Kalman (49 mins), Ruaridh Jackson for Stortoni (56 mins), Eric Milligan for Hall (60 mins), Hefin O’Hare for Fa’atau and Colin Gregor for McMillan (both 64 mins), Richie Vernon for Forrester and Dan Turner for Barker (both 70 mins)

Cardiff Blues: Ben Blair; Gareth Thomas, Jamie Robinson, Ceri Sweeney, Tom James; Nicky Robinson, Jason Spice; Taufa’au Filise, T Rhys Thomas, Gary Powell, Deiniol Jones, Paul Tito CAPTAIN, Maama Molitika, Robin Sowden Taylor, Mark Lewis
Substitutes: Dafydd Hewitt for Robinson (6 mins), Gareth Williams for Thomas (50 mins), Richie Rees for Spice (54 mins), Richard Mustoe for Thomas (59 mins), Scott Morgan for Tito (61 mins), Ben White for Molitika (66 mins), Scott Roberts for Filise (69 mins)