AL KELLOCK says Glasgow's PRO12 title triumph must be used to kickstart a golden age of rugby in the city.

The skipper lifted the trophy in Belfast on Saturday night as the last act of his career before hanging up his boots.

But he insists the success by Gregor Townsend's men must be seen as a start and not an end, for all grades of the game. Kellock said: "This has to be huge for Glasgow - we have to go out and sell this.

"Any club that is connected with this place has to be better because of this. It has to trickle down, not just to clubs but to schools as well.

"They all need to benefit from the fact we are a championship winning team. That will come from learning and from us getting out and promoting rugby.

"We need to get as many people to come in for a conversation with Gregor or with the strength and conditioning guys and tap into their knowledge.

"We have great people here and the advantage of playing rugby in a small country is that we can share it. If there is one thing that this trophy needs to do, it is to push the game further."

Estimates vary as to exactly how many Warriors fans made the trip to the Kingspan Stadium but it was certainly more than the 4,000 reckoned to have attended last year's final in Dublin.

Kellock sees that as another hopeful sign for the future of the sport in the city.

He added: "We've always had good travelling support but it has grown again and there were probably more people over there this year. What I liked about it too was that we when walked round at the end, there were so many faces I knew, guys from Allan Glen's days, people who were in around the club.

"Although we are growing and will continue to grow, we still have that club feeling. I believe the supporters buy into that as well."

Kellock will take up a commercial and ambassadorial role and intends to play a direct role in increasing the fanbase.

He sees Ulster's new ground as a model for the future. Kellock said: "You look at Kingspan and think of what it was when it was Ravenhill. Ulster outgrew it and Scotstoun can grow with us.

"This is a great facility. Undoubtedly we want to be packing this place out, we want this place to have to grow with us.

"We want to have 10-15,000 people in here for every home game and I don't see any reason we can't do that."

The Warriors have already proved that a 10,000 capacity is not enough for big knockout games.

When they start next season as champions, Kellock hopes to see signs the day is not far off when it won't be enough for regular-season games either.