Je vous en prie pal!

Beating the French aces was never going to be easy but having turned them over at Firhill two years ago - and the small matter of skinning Toulouse last season - the possibility of another famous win was on.

Glasgow faced up to their highly-fancied opponents and certainly stood their ground up front and in the back line.

A statement of intent was made in the opening minutes when a shove from Jon Welsh and Moray Low forced an early penalty which Dan Parks duly plonked over.

Parks himself was fired up for this one and with the autumn tests around the corner, will new Scotland coach Andy Robinson dare throw off any hint of an inkling to go Auld Reekie and start with the Glasgow man as his first choice fly-half?

We wait with baited breath but out of the two main contenders for the Scotland number 10 jersey, Dan on current form has his nose in front ahead of his capital rival Phil Godman.

However, if we are being brutally honest, the fact that neither one has made the national fly-half position his own by now is a worry for Scottish rugby - more so when given the lack of talent in that position beyond those two (I know Ruaridh Jackson's injured but a dazzling show at Bath's Wreck last year does not a John Rutherford make).

However, better late than never and if Dan can maintain his form then he is more than capable of being Scotland's main man come the 2011 World Cup.

Should injury or bad form befall regular kicker Chris Paterson, Parks is a more reliable bet than Godman to take a shot at goal. The former has had the occasional bad day but so too has the latter - that howler which cost us a famous win over South Africa anyone? (I wouldn't expect the East Stand mullahs to answer that - they're too busy blaming Parks for the tram works at Haymarket!)

But I digress, Parks' trusty boot was doing a fine job of pegging the French side back - although a concern for Warriors boss Sean Lineen must be the sight of Dan's fellow backs on more than one occasion simply standing back and admiring each punt instead of chasing them like a bunch of Lions who've just been told David Attenburgh's filming some wildebeest.

Another cause for concern was that despite ample warning, Biarritz were intent on using the drop-goal whenever they could. They landed two - what will hurt Glasgow more is that you saw them coming yet they seemed too flat-footed to try and stop them.

Damian Traille bagged one of them and chanced his arm with a couple of long-rangers. He missed but if someone on the opposing side has the power to launch a big one, surely there must be a plan in place to limited his opportunities?

Although competitive, can anyone recall a chance for Glasgow to score a try? There was one fleeting moment with 10 minutes left when Parks chipped a deft kick to the line only for Takudzwa Ngwenya to beat Hefin O'Hare to the ball.

However, a minute earlier, O'Hare should have been granted a much easier opportunity. Rob Dewey made a break and had the Welshman on the over-lap. Instead, he chose to go it alone, ran into a crunching tackle which resulted in him being stretchered off. Fate can be very cruel at times. Had Dewey offloaded to O'Hare, he may still have been on the pitch waiting for a thanks from his team-mate for a match-winning assist.

Ifs and buts sadly which were further compounded with how Biarritz won the game.

Glasgow's defence was as solid as their French guests' with Biarritz only conjuring up two scoring opportunities off their own back. O'Hare did well to snuff out Ayoola Erinie early in the second half while Nicolas Brusque will be annoyed with himself for knocking on five metres out late on.

But with the law of sod, it was Glasgow themselves who created Biarritz's clincher.

The line-out - a platform which has been solid for the Warriors this season - looked surprisingly shaky all game and so it proved when an over cooked throw from Dougie Hall on Glasgow's own five-metre line was snaffled up by Magnus Lund who duly forced his way over.

Hall's throwing all game had been surprisingly off-key with the ref penalising him on many an occasion for not putting the ball in straight.

No doubt this obviously got to him - hence the botched line-out which led to the game's decisive moment. But sources indicate that there was a problem with the "clarity of the line-out call" with regard to that incident.

Throw in the fact that if this was the case, the skipper and lock forward Al Kellock is responsible for that. Did Al shout the wrong code to Dougie or did the hooker misinterpret what Al said to him? Either way, if confusion reigned at that fateful moment, it is a sorry state of affairs for the coach to sort out.

"Merci beaucoup mes amis" said Biarritz. "Je vous en prie pal" replied Glasgow.

C'est la bloody vie!