Beno Obano was another standout for Bath with two tries and the consistently impressive Miles Reid might be one of the most under-appreciated talents in the Premiership, while Russell had the last laugh in his ongoing battle with The Shed, raising his finger to his lips at full-time. Granted though, Lawrence and Bath will certainly face tougher defences than this.
Gloucester have clearly set out their stall to attack from everywhere and when it works it can be enthralling, with Ollie Thorley excelling.
But in the second half, with a lineout hindered by injuries, they wasted attacking positions and then were punished by turnovers after continually overplaying their hand, including one failed offload by Zach Mercer which led to Tom de Glanville’s breakaway try.
“We’re pushing our luck the way we’re playing,” Gloucester head coach George Skivington said afterwards. If Gloucester can find a way to contain that ambition aligned with a tighter defence, they will hurt teams. In a second half here where the scoreline was 7-38, Bath and Lawrence punished their mistakes.
Match details
Scoring: 0-5 Obano try, 0-7 Russell con, 5-7 Llewellyn try, 7-7 Carreras con, 7-10 Russell pen, 12-10 Williams try, 14-10 Carreras con, 19-10 Atkinson try, 21-10 Carreras con, 21-15 Russell try, 21-17 Russell con, 24-17 Carreras pen, 24-22 Obano try, 24-24 Russell con, 24-31 penalty try, 24-36 Bayliss try, 24-41 De Glanville try, 29-41 Thorley try, 31-41 Barton con, 31-46 Lawrence try, 31-48 Russell con, 31-53 Coetzee try, 31-55 Russell con
Gloucester: S Carreras (G Barton 55); J Hathaway, M Llewellyn, S Atkinson, O Thorley; G Anscombe (C Atkinson 19), T Williams (C Englefield 74); C Knight (V Rapava-Ruskin 53), J Singleton (S Blake 55), A Fasogbon (K Gotovtsev 55), F Clarke, F Thomas (M Alemanno 9), J Clement, L Ludlow (c), Z Mercer (R Ackermann 67)
Sin bin: Atkinson 47
Bath: T de Glanville (O Bailey 72), W Butt, O Lawrence, C Redpath, A Emens; F Russell, B Spencer (c, L Schreuder 66); B Obano (F van Wyk 55), T Dunn (N Annett, 69), T du Toit (W Stuart 66), T Hill, R Molony (J Bayliss 69), J Bayliss (C Ewels 55), M Reid (S Underhill 63), A Barbeary (J Coetzee 53)
Sin bin: Redpath 74
Referee: A Leal. Attendance: 16,115
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