A last minute try gives the home side a narrow win by one point. Glasgow Warriors come away with a losing bonus point.

The referee deems the try good and it stands for Ulster

The ref goes to the TMO to see if the Ulster try was held up.

Ulster find their way across the line to score their third try

Ulster move to the right as Glasgow’s defense remains strong.

Glasgow defend in their 22 as Ulster desperately search for a try

Adam Hastings slots the conversion, stretching our lead

Try by the skipper after a great offload by Zander Fagerson on the right side

Glasgow quickly regather and get on the attack

Ulster’s David McCann scores after they go through the phases. Conversion missed.

Ulster have the scrum after Gregor Hiddleston’s line out is deemed not straight.

Glasgow are back to 14 men after TJ has finished his sin bin period.

Glasgow regather in their 22 after Ulster lose the ball

Richie Gray is into the sin bin after being offside in Ulster’s 22. Glasgow are down to 13 men.

Glasgow hold Ulster up on their own tryline after a great spell of defense.

Glasgow offside gives Ulster another shot at the tryline

On-field decisions is no try to Ulster. The ref goes to the TMO

Ulster kick for the corner and have a scrum five metres out from the tryline

Penalty given to Ulster after Glasgow don’t roll away.

Ulster go through the phases of attack with a kick down the leftside. Josh McKay gathers after an Ulster chase down

Tom Jordan is sent to the sin bin after doing a high tackle

Adam Hastings comes on for Stafford McDowall. Euan Ferrie replaces Henco Venter.

H.Sheridan is on for Iain Henderson.

McKay gathers after Ulster ball is kicked into Glasgow’s half. He beats defenders to gain Glasgow territory

Glasgow go through the phases with huge carries from Darge and Dobie. McDowall kicks for territory.

Glasgow win a penalty after Ulster collapse the scrum. Tom Jordan kicks to the corner.

Glasgow turned the ball over but Ulster returned the favour and regather the ball

Ulster win the scrum with Doak distributing the ball wide

Darge’s try is disallowed due to a forward pass in the attacking play by Glasgow.

Rory Darge scores by going down the short side after the Warriors go through attacking phases

Glasgow go through the phases towards the Ulster try line

Nathan McBeth, Zander Fagerson, and Gregor Brown come onto the field for the Warriors.

Johnny Mattews throws the line out in Ulster’s 22 but the Warriors are pulled into touch.

Glasgow win the penalty after Ulster collapse the scrum.

Ulster have the scrum near halfway after Glasgow lose their line out.

Glasgow win the scrum in Ulster’s half.

Play gets back underway at Kingspan Stadium.

Ulster somehow get a hand on the ball through the maul and Doak puts it into touch to bring about half time.

Glasgow with a 12-10 lead at the interval – more to come in the second half!

Jamie Bhatti with the dummy and step!

Who thought that was a sentence we’d read?

Penalty to the Warriors off the back of it, and Jordan will go to touch as the clock ticks past 40.

Lineout 15m out.

Almost a breakaway for Glasgow!

Turnover ball in midfield sees McDowall weigh his kick superbly, and Cancelliere and Darge chase.

Ulster scramble and clear, but Glasgow ending the half with the territory and possession.

Great read once more from McKay, as he snuffs out Morgan’s kick in behind.

Jacob Stockdale gathers under pressure from Steyn and Ulster come again.

Just knocked on by Talakai as he goes to ground, and Ulster have the feed on halfway.

Doak finds touch and McKay goes quickly as he combines with McDowall.

Fagerson carries strongly as he links with Sam Talakai.

Big old battle up front there, which Ulster come out the right side of – scrum to the hosts 5m from their own line as they hold up the maul.

Ulster infringe at the maul and Venter almost steams through on advantage!

He can’t quite gather the pass but Jordan sends the penalty to the corner.

Jamie Bhatti turns on the power and the penalty soon follows.

Jordan finds touch just outside the Ulster 22.

Oh that was a chance…

Turnover ball in midfield for the Warriors, but the pass just drifts forward from Tuipulotu and Ulster have the scrum on halfway.

Bit scrappy out wide, and Ulster win the penalty at the ruck.

Morgan finds touch on halfway.

Great carry from Williamson as he takes two defenders with him, Gray latching on for support.

Venter is next to charge, before Dobie releases the backs.

Ulster look to launch Stewart Moore into midfield, but its a first turnover penalty of the season for Darge as the openside latches onto the ball and wins the penalty.

Jordan finds touch 35m from the Ulster line.

A brief reset as Jamie Dobie gets some attention, before Fagerson wins the restart cleanly.

Dobie then boots to touch for a lineout to Ulster just inside the Glasgow half.

Not quite as direct as the first score, but just as clinical!

This time Glasgow play away from the maul, with phase upon phase raining down on the Ulster line.

In the end its Henco Venter who barges over for the score, Jordan converting for a 12-10 advantage.

Superb.

Illegally ripped at the breakdown by an Ulster hand, and Jordan will find touch inside the home side’s 22.

He does it superbly, too – lineout on the 5m line.

Good exit from Ulster, and Doak finds touch on his own 10m line.

A dubious turnover from McNabney but he gets away with it and Doak kicks away – back comes Jordan and McKay though, before Tuipulotu sticks a grubber to touch 5m from the Ulster line.

Lineout to the home side.

Ulster spill the restart and Rory Darge gathers – chance out wide for Steyn!

Ulster strike out of nothing – a kick in midfield ricochets the home side’s way, and Morgan boots downfield.

Glasgow scramble to deny Lowry again, but the recycled ball finds the hands of Morgan who dives over despite the attention of Fagerson.

Doak converts for a 10-5 lead.

Great pressure from Fagerson at the restart forces Doak to kick early, and Gray wins the lineout.

Matthews comes away with it as Glasgow set up camp on halfway.

Phenomenal defence from the Warriors!

First Richie Gray somehow gets down to deny a short range charge, before Cancelliere and McKay stop Mike Lowry out wide with the line at his mercy.

Play comes back for an earlier penalty, which Nathan Doak slots for the first three points of Ulster’s night, but massive set.

Momentum with the hosts here as James McNabney carries strongly.

5m out, Glasgow fronting up to the Ulster pack.

Ulster can’t gather the kick cleanly, but the referee has spotted an offside and awards the penalty to the hosts.

Morgan takes play into the Glasgow 22 for the first time.

Fumbled at he tail and Matthews cleans up – Glasgow on turnover ball, as Matt Fagerson carries for the first of many times this season.

Swift work down the blindside from McDowall, before Dobie sticks the box kick up for Kyle Steyn to chase.

Ulster gather well though, and win the penalty after Max Williamson is pinged for not releasing.

Lineout to the home side on halfway.

Clean ball from the home side off the top allows Aiden Morgan to chip in behind, but the fly-half knocks on as he looks to regather under pressure from McKay.

Scrum to the Warriors, 35m from their own line.

Good defensive set from the Warriors, forcing Stewart Moore to kick. McKay is there to cover though, booming the return to touch on halfway.

Solid exit from the Warriors, as Dobie finds touch on the 10m line for an Ulster lineout.

14 last season – and now the first of 2024/25!

It’s a trademark maul from the Warriors, allowing Johnny Matthews to steer his way over from 5m out.

Jordan is just off target with the extras, but Glasgow lead 5-0

Big carrying from Tuipulotu and Henco Venter, and Ulster penalised again.

Jordan to the corner.

Josh McKay is thumped as he runs it back, but Ulster go off their feet at the breakdown and Jordan takes play up to the Ulster 22.

So close!

Jordan’s half break almost sends Stafford McDowall through a gap, but the ball goes forward and Ulster clear.

Strong work at the first lineout as Johnny Matthews has a first run of the new campaign.

Ulster defend well but Sebastian Cancelliere wriggles free and makes a couple of extra yards.

Sam Talakai then into the game, chance!

Tom Jordan gets the 2024/25 season underway!