Glasgow coach Sean Lineen admitted his side only had themselves to blame after they crashed 22-18 at home to Biarritz in their opening Heineken Cup clash.

Dan Parks kicked five penalties and a drop-goal but it wasn’t enough to deny the French side, who bagged the only try of the game through Magnus Lund.

“We lost it thanks to the lineout and the baffling thing is that has been the one consistently strong area of our game all season," said Lineen.

"We lost it. We were not out-played. They didn't win it.

"It has all come down to that one lineout in our 22 that we didn't control. It's going to haunt us.

"The boys never stopped and played great rugby at times. They just couldn't break that very very strong defence."

Fellow Magners League outfit Edinburgh were also put to the sword by Stade Francais on the opening day of Europe’s premier rugby competition.

Julien Arias, Sergio Parisse, Pascal Pape and Lionel Beauxis all crossed for Stade, with Ben Cairns grabbing a late consolation try for the Scots in a 31-7 defeat.

“"I'm not happy. We were poor in the first half and Stade are the sort of team that can kill you,” said Edinburgh coach Rob Moffat.