Stuart Lancaster’s men, the form team in the second half of the league, gave it everything but it was just not enough to secure a first ever win in Scotstoun and extend their season for at least another week.

Having won only two of their opening nine games, Stuart Lancaster’s men turned their season around with a massive surge resulting in a 26-5 win, and with Ulster losing to Glasgow Warriors, they are now in the quarter-finals.

Glasgow inflicted a fourth league defeat in their last five games on Clayton McMillan’s men.

He will be further sentenced in January after admitting domestic abuse against his estranged wife.