IRISH
No.Name
15James O'Connor, FB
14Topsy Ojo, W
13Fergus Mulchrone, C
T
12Eamonn Sheridan, C
T
2
11Alex Lewington, W
10Ian Humphreys, FH
9Tomas O'Leary, SH
1Matt Parr, P
2Jimmy Stevens, H
3Leo Halavatau, P
4George Skivington, L
5Ian Gough, L
6Kieran Low, FL
7Ofisa Treviranus, FL
8Blair Cowan, N8
Replacements
16Mike Mayhew, H
17John Yapp, P
18Jamie Hagan, P
19Nic Rouse, L
20Jebb Sinclair, N8
21Andrew Fenby, W
22Shane Geraghty, FH
23Ed Hoadley, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Madejski Stadium
2:00 PM, December 29, 2013
Attendance: 11,174

Match Commentary

81'19-22 End of half
81'19-22 End of half
81'19-22 End of second half
80'Despite a late London Irish rally, it's Gloucester who get the points. Huia Edmonds is named Man of the Match
79'Substitute on - Andrew Fenby , London Irish
79'Player substituted - Topsy Ojo , London Irish
76'Shane Geraghty has a chance to level the match, but his penalty drifts wide and short of the posts. Gloucester still hold that narrow advantage
75'Player substituted - Rob Cook , Gloucester Rugby
75'Substitute on - Martyn Thomas , Gloucester Rugby
72'Player substituted - James Hudson , Gloucester Rugby
72'Substitute on - Will James , Gloucester Rugby
71'19-22 Conversion - Shane Geraghty , London Irish
71'17-22 Try - Eamonn Sheridan , London Irish
70'Eamon Sheridan has been fantastic today for London Irish and he gets their third try. Just three points in it now as Geraghty adds the extras
63'Substitute on - Dan Robson , Gloucester Rugby
63'Substitute on - Shaun Knight , Gloucester Rugby
63'Player substituted - Jimmy Cowan , Gloucester Rugby
63'Player substituted - Sila Puafisi , Gloucester Rugby
61'12-22 Penalty goal - Freddie Burns , Gloucester Rugby
60'Burns makes an immediate impact from the bench as Gloucester's lead stretches to 10 points
58'Player substituted - Nick Wood , Gloucester Rugby
58'Substitute on - Freddie Burns , Gloucester Rugby
58'Substitute on - Yann Thomas , Gloucester Rugby
58'Player substituted - Mike Tindall , Gloucester Rugby
57'12-19 Try - Eamonn Sheridan , London Irish
56'Eamon Sheridan gets over in the corner after James O'Connor wings him the ball
54'Player substituted - Matt Parr , London Irish
54'Player substituted - Jimmy Stevens , London Irish
54'Substitute on - Jebb Sinclair , London Irish
54'Substitute on - John Yapp , London Irish
54'Substitute on - Mike Mayhew , London Irish
54'Player substituted - Blair Cowan , London Irish
54'7-19 Penalty goal - Billy Twelvetrees , Gloucester Rugby
53'Five from five for Billy Twelvetrees as he slots a penalty as Gloucester's scrum obliterates London Irish's
50'Elliott Stooke goes close for Gloucester but is brought down just short of the line. He is then whistled for holding on
50'Substitute on - Shane Geraghty , London Irish
50'Player substituted - Ian Humphreys , London Irish
47'The ball has spent plenty of time in play, but very little has happened. Both teams are running at each other to no avail
41'Twelvetrees gets the three points as Gloucester end a fairly average half of rugby in the ascendancy
41'Substitute on - Nic Rouse , London Irish
41'Player substituted - Ian Gough , London Irish
41'Substitute on - Jamie Hagan , London Irish
41'Player substituted - Leo Halavatau , London Irish
41'+17-16 End of first half
41'+17-16 Penalty goal - Billy Twelvetrees , Gloucester Rugby
40'7-16 Start of second half
27'7-13 Conversion - Billy Twelvetrees , Gloucester Rugby
26'Good conversion from Twlevetrees and all of a sudden, the away side have a six-point lead
26'7-11 Try - Jonny May , Gloucester Rugby
25'Good poachers effort for Jonny May as he sees space on London Irish's blindside, runs round the floundering Tomas O'Leary and puts Gloucester in front
21'Good bit of attacking play from Gloucester hooker Huia Edmonds who runs away and chips James O'Connor but the fullback manages to get back and snuffle the ball up before Edmonds can bellyflop over the line
20'7-6 Penalty goal - Billy Twelvetrees , Gloucester Rugby
19'Twelvetrees cuts the deficit to a solitary point in a match that is yet to ignite
8'7-3 Penalty goal - Billy Twelvetrees , Gloucester Rugby
7'Twelvetrees, who is starting ahead of the benched Freddie Burns, gets Gloucester on the scoreboard with a penalty
3'7-0 Conversion - Ian Humphreys , London Irish
2'Humphreys adds the extras. Great start for Irish, abysmal for Gloucester
2'5-0 Try - Fergus Mulchrone , London Irish
1'London Irish forced into a late change as Sprinboks prop CJ Van der Linde's troublesome calf plays up and Leo Halavatau starts
1'64 seconds in and London Irish have the first try. That was incredibly simple - first phase rugby and Fergus Mulchrone waltzes through Gloucester's defence.
1'0-0 Start of first half