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Munster 19-16 Edinburgh

The fly-half also created Denis Leamy's first-half try as Munster claimed their first win in four matches.

Allan Jacobsen's try helped Edinburgh get on terms at 13-13 by half-time.

David Blair hit 11 Edinburgh points and his final penalty put the visitors ahead after the break but O'Gara's two late penalties ensured Munster's win.

O'Gara kicked Munster in front in the third minute but, despite bossing the game up front, the home side had little to show for their efforts on the scoreboard.

Blair levelled for Edinburgh with a penalty but the Scottish side then lost hooker Ross Ford to the sin-bin as he slowed up Munster ball following a Peter Stringer break.

O'Gara knocked over the resulting penalty but Edinburgh, still hunting for their first league win under new coach Andy Robinson, levelled again courtesy of an excellent Blair drop goal.

A moment of magic from O'Gara then prized open the Scots' defence for Leamy's try.

The number 10's right-footed dink to the left corner was gathered by Leamy on the deck and the back rower's momentum allowed him to make the line.

O'Gara converted but, four minutes before the break, Edinburgh got back on terms.

Neat inter-linking between Hugo Southwell and Andrew Turnbull set up ruck ball near the right corner, and Blair spun the ball back for prop Allan Jacobsen to crash over the line.

Blair nudged the visitors in front with a 64th-minute penalty but the Scots' discipline ultimately let them down.

Jacobsen was sin-binned for pulling down a maul, allowing O'Gara to level on 75 minutes and a ruck offence from Rennie then led to the Munster fly-half firing over the match-winning kick from 42 metres with a minute left.

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Bottom of the table Ulster rallied briefly after the interval and David Humphreys hauled back two penalties.

But Scotland centre Andrew Henderson spun out of a tackle for the only try of the night, with Parks adding the conversion points.

And, with the home side doing all the late pressing, Parks put the game out of sight with two more penalties.

Parks began his scoring spree with a confident effort from 40 metres after touch-judge Rob Dickson spotted Ulster scrum-half Isaac Boss aiming at punch at home skipper Alastair Kellock.

The visitors were handed an instant chance to level the scores but Humphreys send his effort wide after John Beattie's shoulder-first challenge.

Parks doubled the lead after the visiting pack killed the ball at a ruck.

Parks struck twice more in the first half but was guilty of miscuing a snap drop-goal attempt from close range.

The visitors looked sharper after the restart and Humphreys broke their duck with a simple kick.

Parks had the opportunity to restore Glasgow's advantage, but to the surprise of everyone in the stadium he fired wildly past the upright.

And the game was back in the melting pot as Humphreys hit the target for the second time.

Parks' erratic performance continued as he fluffed another drop-goal bid - then spilled the ball a metre short of the line.

As Glasgow's pressure grew, Beattie was blocked just short in the wake of a storming charge.

And with less than 10 minutes left, Henderson snapped up the crucial touchdown in a great move also featuring Sam Pinder and Beattie.

Parks eased his jitters by clipping over the conversion - then landed an angled penalty to overtake Ospreys' Gavin Henson and become the second highest scorer in Magners League history behind Humphreys.

He added another penalty in stoppage time for good measure.