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December 20, 2009Gloucester 19 - 6 Glasgow WarriorsHeineken Cup match played at Kingsholm on Sunday December 20th 2009 | 16 comments
 Dan's 6 points were not enough to clinch a win for Glasgow (Photo: Courtesy of Vincent - www.auvergne-rugby.fr) Gloucester produced a devastating second-half to come from behind and beat Glasgow Warriors in the Heineken Cup Pool Two clash at Kingsholm. Two Dan Parks penalties had handed Glasgow a 6-0 interval lead, but Gloucester responded with 19 unanswered second-half points. Biarritz are all but assured of a quarter-final place as group winners with an unbeaten record, but Gloucester have now seized control of the battle for the runners-up spot after a second win of the competition with two preliminary matches remaining. The Glasgow pack were the heroes of the first-half. Time after time as the English side drove into the Warriors' 22 they were either turned over or penalised by referee Jerome Garces. Glasgow lock Richie Gray was in the thick of it and stole the line-out throw-in of hooker Scott Lawson three times. Parks kicked a penalty after Gloucester flanker Andy Hazell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck. With a man down, Gloucester's pack was weakened, although they did create the best try-scoring chance of the half through a multi-handed movement that flew from their own 22 to the point of touching down. However, with Gloucester queuing up to score, wing Dave McCall rescued Glasgow by intercepting an intended scoring pass from Lawson to another Scotland international, flanker Alasdair Strokosch. Glasgow increased their lead through a long-range drop-goal from Parks and, with Gray, captain Alastair Kellock and tight-head prop Moray Low leading from the front, it was looking bright for the Scotsmen. Gloucester fly-half Robinson reduced the arrears with a 40-metre penalty that bounced off the crossbar on its way over and levelled the score after 50 minutes with another successful three-point attempt. Full-back Olly Morgan then dropped the ball with the try-line wide open, while Glasgow scrum-half Chris Cusiter produced a brilliant tackle to deny Gloucester wing Tom Voyce a try in the left corner. Eventually, though, the pressure told as Robinson threw the ball out right to back row Luke Narraway. The England international cleverly flipped the ball to wing James Simpson-Daniel who, in turn, fed fellow wing Sharples to sneak past three defenders and score. Morgan and Sharples were present again in the build-up towards Gloucester's second try which saw Strokosch deliver a sublime pass to lock Brown in the right corner. And only a forward pass to Sharples denied the wing a third try on the final whistle as Glasgow finished well beaten.
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Posted by Ed on December 20, 2009 07:26 PM | Reply to this comment Sounded like a good 1st half and a desperate 2nd. Lineen doesn't appear to have done much good with a raft of substitutions. Posted by Kazakh Warrior on December 21, 2009 03:39 AM | Reply to this comment The boys worked hard - but as Lineen says, Gloucester were absolutely desperate, and fighting for jobs really. Glasgow did not need this as much as them. I think we tired mentally in the second. I agree, the subs didn't improve things much, although I'd have liked to have seen more of Shawsy. If big Richie V had had a winger on his shoulder when he broke, it's have been interesting - and try for us could have altered the mindset of both sides. If's and but's - Glasgow need to refresh for next Saturday - that's the real interesting one, and we need our hunger back! Posted by sunday5 on December 21, 2009 11:01 AM | Reply to this comment I remember thinking at half time that the boys were heros to a man regardless of the end result and I still feel that way. I think it all started going wrong when Welsh went off but it was one of those games where from 45-65 mins every result went away from us and this causes heads to go down. All in all Gloucester deserved it and good luck to them but perhaps they'll have a little more respect for Scottish sides. After 160 minutes of rugby the had the upper hand in 35 of them... Posted by lrug on December 21, 2009 12:08 PM | Reply to this comment I agree completely, sunday5. Posted by kpbear on December 21, 2009 12:29 PM | Reply to this comment kasakh- were you drunk? sommerville outfought welshy, never! the welshy warriors are upset. during the game welshy and the pastit man were never in a scrum. last week at firhill welshy proved sommerville was an old man to such an extent he was on the bench this week. he gave welshy a hard time.? sober up. and make sure your at firhill next saturday! lets have sensible opinions. Posted by Hugues on December 21, 2009 02:47 PM | Reply to this comment I thought the next game was next Sunday? Posted by clydetheglide on December 21, 2009 02:42 PM | Reply to this comment Seriously have to question the decision to sub Welsh when there was a scrum in our own 22. Any collapse/infringement at a scrum after a sub has come on is going to go the way of the other team. Don't think it was any coincidence that we stopped getting good scrummage ball after Welsh went off, and stopped winning line-out ball on the opposition throw when Richie Gray was subbed. Posted by Alsfan on December 21, 2009 10:49 PM | Reply to this comment not just in the 22 but almost under our posts! Why sub a prop who has been playing well at that crucial point? Explain Mr Lineen Posted by kpbear on December 21, 2009 03:32 PM | Reply to this comment hugues you miss the point, read kazakh talking about big welshy and then he goes on to talk about next saturdays game your right it is sunday. but kasakh will be there saturday! just giving him some verbal abuse! of course i do hope he has sobered up by then! and said sorry to welshy! kp bear Posted by Kazakh Warrior on December 22, 2009 01:39 PM | Reply to this comment Are you telling me that Welshy did not actually scrum against Somerville? If that's so, I must have been drunk watching it, coz I thought he got subbed because of it! Oh well in that case I do apologise to Jon, but I just remember Somerville doing extremely well when he came on. I have to admit, I have been very impressed with Welsh, and hope he continues his rise. It's great to see to Scottish props, keep the imports out of a starting berth. And incidentally, I won't be there on Saturday or Sunday, because I work in Kazakhstan, but I'll be back home in time for the Murrayfield match, whatever day the SRU eventually decide to play that one on! Merry Christmas. Posted by Kazakh Warrior on December 22, 2009 01:45 PM | Reply to this comment FYI - Excerpt from ERC website match report... 46 Gloucester Rugby Substitution - G Somerville on for P Doran-Jones Posted by Kazakh Warrior on December 22, 2009 01:46 PM | Reply to this comment ERC Website... 46 Gloucester Rugby Substitution - G Somerville on for P Doran-Jones Posted by kpbear on December 22, 2009 04:11 PM | Reply to this comment kazakh Posted by sunday5 on December 22, 2009 05:13 PM | Reply to this comment I thought boxers were always the first to know they're past it and always the last to admit it... Posted by kpbear on December 22, 2009 05:38 PM | Reply to this comment sunday5 last to know and last to admit it Posted by kpbear on December 22, 2009 05:40 PM | Reply to this comment sunday5 last to know and last to admit it Add a comment to this articleIf you're replying to an existing comment, please use the 'Reply to this comment' link above the entry. This will display the comments in a way which is far easier for other readers to follow.
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