Rory Darge went over for Glasgow's third try

Edwin Edogbo and Diarmuid Barron tries, plus two scores from Tom Ahern, helped the Munster to a 26-5 lead at half-time.

A penalty try and scores from Sione Vailanu, Johnny Matthews, Rory Darge and Angus Fraser kept the Warriors in the game. However, their poor first half, and yellow cards to Nathan McBeth and Lucio Sordoni, meant they were always chasing the game.

Glasgow Warriors boss Franco Smith speaking to Viaplay Sports, said: "Everything I said before the game was true.

"We know it was a big, important game for Munster especially after the victory last year. Defensively they have shown some really good reactions. It was all round a very good performance from them.

"We are going to take a lot of positives from that game. We needed something like this to help us prepare for next week.

"We proved that we can score but we gave away too many penalties tonight. There were small things, individual errors and as a collective we are going to have to rethink a few things.

"But we will take a lot of positives from this and bounce back and see what we can use to do better."