Gloucester
That's About It Then
By Cheery Cherry
April 7 2014
A late fight back wasn't enough to salvage our season as Wasps deservedly went through to the semi of the Amlin thanks to a 36-24 victory ..
We paid the price of a poor first half which may have been down to a late reshuffle when Mike Tindall - fresh from the Grand National - was injured in the warm up. outcome was that Freddie Burns was at fly half but his head seemed to be somehwere else - probably in Leicestr - and he struggl;ed to make any impression at all.
As a result Wasps had little trouble in opening up a 20 point lead which was only threatened when we finally got our act together in the last 30 minutes.
That may have been inspired by the injustice of Festuccia’s try which had been awarded by the television match official Alan Falzone on 44 minutes. Those of us also with the benefit of the TV replay could also see a knock on so it was something of a surprise when the score was awarded.
Both Jonny May and Gareth Evans went over to reeduce the deficit before Helu went over for Wasps and Martyn Thomas scored a late consolation.
Nothing much left to play for now so let's see some of the up and coming players getting a chance. .
Wasps: Andrea Masi (Charlie Hayter 35), James Short, Elliot Daly, Chris Bell (capt), Williams Helu, Andy Goode, Joe Simpson (Charlie Davies 75), Matt Mullan (Simon McIntyre 70), Carlo Festuccia (Tom Lindsay 57), Jake Cooper-Woolley (Phil Swainston 65), Joe Launchbury, Kearnan Myall (Tom Palmer 50), Sam Jones (Guy Thompson 65), James Haskell, Nathan Hughes
Tries: M Mullan, C Festuccia, W Helu.
Cons: A Goode (3)
Pens:A Goode (4)
Drop-goal: A Goode
Gloucs: Rob Cook, Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Billy Twelvetrees (capt), Jonny May, Freddie Burns (Martyn Thomas 70), Jimmy Cowan (Tavis Knoyle 50); Nick Wood (Yann Thomas 50), Dan George, Shaun Knight (Sila Puafisi 52); Elliott Stooke, James Hudson (Will James 50); Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic (Thomas Young 75), Ben Morgan (Gareth Evans 50)
Tries: J May, G Evans, M Thomas
Cons: R Cook (3)
Pen: R Cook
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07/04/2014 10:46
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The "knock on" went backwards out of the hands, to come off the leg. Of course, if you're positive that this is a knock on, then you can have the 7 points difference.
However, I'd like you to tell the AP that you're requesting them dock Glaws 2 bonus points (lbp and tbp), since your first try (and conversion) against Wasps in the AP fixture in November came in exactly the same manner.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014:04:07:12:20:58 by Raggs.
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They have ambitions of a top four finish which I would very much like to thwart
