Warriors broken, beat and scarred

The Scotland ace was covered in red markings from many a crunching Munster tackle, sported a black eye and was shivering like an Eskimo who's just found out all the blubber whales have stumbled upon a Norwegian tourist bus!

Admittedly the latter had something to do with the lack of warmth within the press conference room but the fact that Glasgow's man of the match was in such a state bore testament to the ferocity of Magners League table-toppers Munster.

Legendary rock band Metallica were in the city the previous night and one song from the fine set they delivered could have been an apt forerunner to what the Warriors would experience 24 hours later - "Broken, Beat and Scarred"!

Put simply Glasgow - and their pack in particular - looked as if they had called Roberto Duran a pansy only to run into a dead end prior to retribution being dealt.

Boss Sean Lineen will no doubt make his team watch a re-run of the game on Monday and it will not make for pretty viewing. One wouldn't be surprised if many glowed with embarrassment. Either Munster have incredible levels of strength or the Warriors packed as much punch as the Powderpuff Girls.

Because the tries conceded were shocking. Evans and Kelly Brown (the only other performer to emerge with reputation in tact) must have seriously considered leaving the pitch and trying their hand at urinating against the wind as no matter what they were doing for their club, their team-mates were struggling to match their level.

Evans at least got the consolation prize of a bottle of bubbly for his efforts but even he would rather be left holding a can of Ace if it meant Glasgow had won.

One particular cause for concern was the enigmatic Dan Parks.

Dropped from Scotland's Six Nations campaign and with his Glasgow contract due to expire, a brilliant performance against the reigning European champions would no doubt have raised his stock with Frank Hadden and raised his negotiating power with the Warriors.

The day before the game, Glasgow called a press conference to preview the game and as myself and a colleague made our way to the main stand, Parks was practising his kicks at goal. Said colleague joked: "Watch out. This could go anywhere". Prophetically, Dan's kick went wide of the posts and nearly hit the pair of us. A bad omen indeed as he went on to do the same come the Munster match - only this time, the Warriors substitutes warming up behind the goal were the ones ducking for cover.

The Glaswegian has gone into bat for Dan on many an occasion when the Edinburgh-based Salem witch trials re-enactment society has launched into full nonsensical rant. However, with such a poor display like this one, he did his own cause - let alone Glasgow's - no favours whatsoever. This could be the night which sealed his own departure from the club come summertime.

The scary thing about the Munster match was that this was essentially their reserve side as their Irish grandslam heroes had been rested after their exertions in the Six Nations.

Come their next Heineken Cup match, don't be surprised to see number one to 10 changed from last night with an alarming increase in quality being fielded.

With that in mind, Glasgow probably got off lightly with a 26-13 defeat. Imagine the kicking they would have received had Munster's big boys been wearing the Doc Martins at Firhill.