Thom Evans caused Cardiff problems but couldn't grab a try for Glasgow

They showed plenty of endeavour, but it was only the tactical and goal kicking of Scotland outside-half Dan Parks that kept them in touch for the first hour of this game.

The Blues had most of the ball and posed the most potent attacking threat. The ball won by Glasgow was rarely good enough for them to exert real pressure and stretch the home defence, meaning they spent most of the match clinging onto respectability.

Left-wing Thom Evans showed his pace in the last few minutes but even he could not cross the line. It showed that last weekend's win over Munster was an encouraging sign of home form for the Warriors rather than something they can take with them on the road.

All the early pressure came from the Blues, any Glasgow attacks were easily broken down with Argentinean full-back Francisco Leonelli the only player able to slip a tackle in the opening exchanges.

However, the Blues were more threatening at long range. Players such as Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips were able to find gaps in the Blues half but those opportunities were closed down nearer to the Glasgow try line.

As a result, the early scoring came from the boot of Ben Blair, the full-back playing only his second game for the Blues since his high-profile move from New Zealand.

He slotted two penalties in the first half hour, the Blues best try-scoring chance being when left-wing Chris Czekaj was racing for the corner only to be stopped by a tackle from opposite number Hefin O'Hare.

All that changed just before the break and it was no surprise that Blair was the player to go over. He was put through the middle by a beautifully delayed pass by Blues centre Tom Riley and was able to wrong foot Leonelli on the line.

Glasgow did fight back from the kick off and the pressure of their forwards following up brought a short range penalty, slotted by Dan Parks.

Better news was to follow as a speculative kick ahead ended up with Wales centre Tom Shanklin picking up the ball in an offside position and then kicking the ball away to bring the penalty 10 yards closer. Parks duly took advantage to close the gap. After the break Parks showed he was able to land penalties from longer range as well. Rather like a Ryder Cup golfer going for a par five over the water in two, his third penalty was a three-wood effort from just inside the Blues half and it scraped over the bar from the limit of his kicking power.

That stung the Blues into a response and an ordinary attack was transformed into a try-scoring one by right-wing Mosese Luveitasau. The Fijian sprinted onto a long pass from Nicky Robinson with such pace that his momentum took him outside the defenders and he was able to go round under the posts. Blair added the conversion.

The Blues stretched their lead and sealed the win when Shanklin made up for his earlier daftness by powering over under the posts from a period of pressure on the Blues line.

Report from The Scotsman