Season 2006/07
After impressive preseason displays, Glasgow Warriors lost first game of the new Celtic League against Newport Gwent Dragons 23–24 after a last minute penalty.
However Glasgow didn't lose another home game until Ulster came to Hughenden in January 2007. Glasgow drew away to English side Saracens in the European Challenge Cup, en-route to a quarter-final berth, but were drawn against Saracens and lost 23–19 at Vicarage Road.
The Warriors defeated both Scottish rivals just a week apart – Edinburgh and Border Reivers, and at the start of April title hopefuls Leinster arrived at Hughenden. Glasgow won the game (26–20), before following it up with a good away win against Irish side Connacht. Their next game saw them travel to Ravenhill to face Ulster – one of 2 sides to beat them at Hughenden, and they stunned the home crowd by winning the game.
Then it was the turn of Welsh side, the Neath-Swansea Ospreys (a side that would win the title at Netherdale the following week) to travel to Hughenden. The Ospreys crossed the Glasgow try-line within 45 seconds, and crossed twice more to take a (26–9) lead just minutes from half-time, before Glasgow's Dan Parks converted his own try to take it to 26–16 at half time. In the second half, Parks kicked another penalty before setting up Graeme Morrison for a try, which he converted to level the scores. Parks kicked a penalty from just shy of the half way line to take a 3 point lead and the Ospreys couldn't find a way out of their own half for the remaining 20 minutes.
The Warriors failed to make it 5 in a row the following week, but coach Sean Lineen was happy with his team's performance over the season nonetheless.
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