Endless rutting stag impressions on the gainline are not everyone’s idea of prime entertainment and neither is the body count. The helter-skelter mood continued for a good while, Gloucester stubbornly refusing to do the obvious and clear their lines in their own 22. Bath are now fourth but a second home league defeat this season by a single point tells its own nearly‑but‑not‑quite story. Gloucester Burns; Purdy, Trinder (Symons 48-57), Twelvetrees, Halaifonua (Thorley, 73); Williams, Heinz (capt); Hohneck (Rapava Ruskin, 55), Hibbard (Matu’u, 55), Afoa (Denman, 63), Savage (Thrush, 73), Slater, Ackermann, Ludlow, Morgan (Clarke, 70). Tries Heinz 2, Slater Cons Williams 2 Pen Williams.

Source: The Guardian October 29, 2017 17:37 UTC