Glasgow (15) 25
Try: Vernon Cons: Parks Pens: Parks 5 Drop-goal: Parks
Edinburgh (12) 12
Pens: Paterson 4

Glasgow were too strong for a colourfully dressed Edinburgh side
Dan Parks shrugged off the speculation surrounding his future to turn in a match-winning display as Glasgow moved to the top of the Magners League.
Parks and fellow old-stager Chris Paterson traded nine flawless kicks in the first half, with Glasgow just three points ahead despite their dominance.
The second half saw the home side pull away thanks to a powerful surge and try from the impressive Richie Vernon.
Edinburgh were toothless in attack and posed little threat.
Parks is widely reported to have agreed a move to Cardiff Blues in the summer but the stand-off showed nothing but total commitment to the Glasgow cause with a masterful display of kicking.
His accuracy in front of the posts was impressive as he became the first player to surpass 1000 points in the Magners League, while his positional play was assured throughout.
Glasgow were organised in all departments, with the pack functioning well, although head coach Sean Lineen will be concerned that Edinburgh were still in the game at the interval.
The visitors, wearing a garish 'neon' kit for the occasion, which doubles as the two-legged 1872 Cup, lacked inspiration and were ragged at set-plays.
More to follow...
Glasgow: B Stortoni, DTH van der Merwe, M Evans, G Morrison, T Evans, D Parks, C Cusiter, J Welsh, D Hall, M Low, A Kellock (captain), R Gray, K Brown, J Barclay, R Vernon.
Edinburgh: C Paterson (captain), J Houston, B Cairns, N De Luca, T Visser, P Godman, G Laidlaw, A Jacobsen, R Ford, G Cross, S Turnbull, S MacLeod, A MacDonald, R Grant, S Newlands.

This article was posted on 27-Dec-2009, 17:33 by Hugh Barrow.