Last-gasp Connacht stun URC leaders Glasgow

United Rugby Championship round 12

Connacht (3) 15

Tries: Murphy, Jansen Con: Gilbert Pen: Gilbert

Glasgow (0) 10

Glasgow Warriors missed out on the chance to extend their lead at the top of the United Rugby Championship table as Sean Jansen’s last-gasp try lifted Connacht to a dramatic victory at Dexcom Stadium.

The Scottish side had hoped to widen the cushion at the summit following second-placed Leinster’s defeat by Cardiff on Friday, but instead fell to their first loss in 10 games.

After two second-half tries from Scotland wing Kyle Rowe, the Irish province snatched a much-needed win when Jansen crashed over the line with the final play of the match.

A low-scoring first half, which featured periods of intense pressure from both sides, yielded just one score with Sam Gilbert’s penalty enough to give Connacht a slender advantage at the break.

But after Connacht second row Joe Joyce was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on Ben Afshar, Rowe scored the game’s opening try on the hour mark.

In windy conditions, however, Adam Hastings missed the conversion before Gilbert missed a penalty to put Connacht 6-5 up.

With Joyce still off the field, Rowe provided the moment of the match when he collected a crossfield kick from Dan Lancaster – the son of Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster – and beat Jack Carty and Finn Treacy to score.

Connacht: S Gilbert; S Jennings; H West, C Forde; F Treacy, J Ioane; C Blade; D Buckley, D Tierney-Martin, S Illo, D O’Connor, J Joyce; P Boyle (capt), S O’Brien, S Jansen.

Replacements: M Victory, B Bohan, J Aungier, J Murphy, C Prendergast, C Reilly, J Carty, B Aki.

Yellow card: Joyce (58 mins)

Glasgow: J McKay; K Rowe, S McDowall (capt), K Yule, O Smith; D Lancaster, B Afshar; J Bhatti, S Stephen, M Walker, J Oguntibeju, A Samuel, E Ferrie, A Fraser, A Miller.

Replacements: G Hiddleston, P Shickerling, S Talakai, A Craig, S Vailanu, M Duncan, J Oliver, A Hastings.