| Gloucester: (5) 22 |
| Tries: Varney, Tuisue, Socino, Chapman; Con: Carreras |
| Bordeaux-Begles: (17) 17 |
| Tries: Falatea, Willis; Pen: Holmes; Cons: Holmes 2 |
Gloucester produced an outstanding late comeback to grab victory towards Bordeaux Begles within the Heineken Champions Cup at Kingsholm.
Bordeaux led 17-5 when Albert Tuisue kicked off a late flurry of tries within the sixty fourth minute.
Santiago Socino was the following to go over, earlier than Santiago Carreras missed a conversion that might have tied the rating at 17-17.
In the long run it was not wanted as Charlie Chapman scored to seal victory.
Gloucester flip issues round
Gloucester sit fourth within the Premiership however didn’t initially convey any of that promise to the cup competitors as they made repeated errors.
As an alternative, it was an ominous begin from Bordeaux as prop Sipili Falatea ran between defenders to attain after two minutes and Zack Holmes added the conversion and a penalty for a 10-0 lead.
Gloucester had been dominant within the scrum however inaccuracy price them a number of scoring possibilities. Santiago Socino did assist them convert one because the hooker made a wonderful break that led to Stephen Varney’s attempt.
Former Wasps quantity eight Tom Willis later twisted over the try-line and managed to floor the ball to increase Bordeaux’s lead simply earlier than the break.
Gloucester continued to squander possibilities within the second half, with prop Fraser Balmain’s elimination from the pitch on a stretcher offering additional dangerous information for dwelling followers.
However then got here the flip. First, the massively impactful substitute ahead Tuisue drove via tackles to attain earlier than Socino went over off a line-out.
Chapman completed off a sequence of slick offloads for his rating to provide Gloucester a bonus-point win within the opening sport of the competitors.
The Cherry and Whites have a troublesome highway forward, with a visit to Bordeaux and residential and away fixtures towards four-time champions Leinster left on their group-stage agenda.
Line-ups
Gloucester: Evans; Hearle, Harris, Atkinson, Could; Carreras, Varney; Rupava Ruskin, Socino, Balmain, Jordan, Alemanno, Clarke, Ludlow, Morgan.
Replacements: Blake, Elrington, Knight, Tuisue, Clement, Chapman, Twelvetrees, Reeves
Bordeaux Begles: Buros; Cordero, Vili, Mori, Cros; Holmes, Lucu; Kaulashvili, Lamothe, Faletea, Douglas, Roussel, Giammarioli, Diaby, Willis
Replacements: Maynadier, Vaotoa, Cobilas, Cazeaux. Timu, Gimbert, Masse, Bielle-Biarrey
