Two first-half tries are enough to secure a comfortable Premiership victory for Gloucester against Harlequins at Kingsholm.
Two first-half tries were enough to secure a comfortable Premiership victory for Gloucester against under-par Harlequins at Kingsholm.The hosts dominated at the breakdown and scrum for most of the game but missed chances to close the match out, while Harlequins made a series of errors as both sides failed to score in the second half.
Both sides paid tribute to former Gloucester player Tom Voyce, who tragically died during the floods of Storm Darragh earlier this month. Gloucester are the league's top scorers in the first half of matches and Harlequins could not deal with their hosts at the breakdown and the scrum, conceding three penalties at set plays.
Harlequins managed to hold Clement up to deny the 23-year-old his second try of the match and keep themselves in the game with the final play of the first half. "I think the first defensive set of the game set the tone for the game. I thought the boys were brutally physical and smashed in and managed to hold out some players like Dombrandt and Cunningham-South and really set what the game was going to be about.
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