What happened?
Gloucester Rugby fell short in a high scoring contest against London Irish.
It was a very tight first half and it wasn’t an ideal start for Gloucester Rugby who conceded a try within the opening minute after Willi Heinz’s box kick was charged down and Blair Cowan went over to score. Paddy Jackson slotted the conversion to give his side a 7-point lead.
However, it wasn’t long until the Cherry and Whites were scoring themselves. From the kick-off, Ollie Thorley put serious pressure on the catcher and Jordy Reid collected the ball and tapped it on to Henry Trinder who went over to score. Billy Twelvetrees nailed the conversion to make it level.
Next to strike a blow were London Irish who scored through Ollie Hassell-Collins after a period of good attack from the home side. Jackson missed the conversion meaning that Gloucester Rugby had an opportunity to take the lead with their next score.
Alex Craig got over for the Cherry and Whites and Twelvetrees’ conversion gave the side a two-point lead at the break.
After half time, London Irish scored three further tries through Blair Cowan, Agustin Creevy and Tom Parton with Paddy Jackson slotting one conversion and a penalty.
Mark Atkinson got over for Gloucester Rugby, wrestling his way over the line from close range but going into the last three minutes of the game Irish were 32-21 up.
With just a few minutes left on the clock, Alex Craig went over for his second try to give Gloucester Rugby the two losing bonus points meaning the Cherry and Whites reduce the gap at the bottom.
Key moment - Henry Trinder hits back and scores
Having conceded early in the game it was vital for Gloucester Rugby to hit back immediately. Henry Trinder made sure that they did through a great score which saw him go over in his first appearance since Lyon.
What’s next?
Gloucester Rugby are back in action next weekend when they host Bristol Bears in Round 9 of the Gallagher Premiership at Kingsholm.
We've got time to go again...
Craig gets over for the try!
Jackson slots the penalty.
Carreras is off, on come Moyle.
Alemanno is off, on comes Atkins.
Jackson slots the conversion.
Tom Parton gets over for London Irish.
Trinder has come off.
Irish get a try chalked off as there was a forward pass.
Ford-Robinson is off for Seville.
Heinz is off for Chapman.
Held up. Irish with a 5m lineout now though...
Have Irish scored?
The conversion is good.
Mark Atkinson scored for Gloucester Rugby! What a try! The TMO checked for a knock on but the score was good.
Good defence holding the maul up. Gloucester Rugby win the scrum 10m from Irish's try line.
Creevy gets over for London Irish after a solid attack from the lineout.
Good defence from the Cherry and Whites. Irish knock the ball on and Gloucester Rugby have the scrum on their 22.
He's on for Knight who hasn't returned since his yellow card.
Blair Cowan gets over for his second try of the game.
Twelvetrees kicks us off.
Gloucester Rugby won the lineout and Twelvetrees kicked the ball to touch to go in for the break. The Cherry and Whites take a 2 point lead into the break.
Walker is off. Gleave is on.
Gloucester Rugby's defence is strong but Irish have the lineout.
It's not straight! Gloucester Rugby win the ball!
Freddie Clarke is on for Jordy Reid who has come off with what looks like an injury.
Ciaran Knight is yellow carded for illegally stopping the maul.
What skill from the Argentine! He chipped the ball and collected with skill to offload to Thorley.
A break in play but Gloucster Rugby have exited their 22 well.
Some good attack from Gloucester Rugby but Creevy win a penalty for Irish at the ruck.
Twelvetrees has put Gloucester Rugby 5m out...
Irish are penalised at the maul. Twelvetrees hoofs the ball down the field and the Cherry and Whites will have the lineout.
Twelvetrees slots the conversion.
ALEX CRAIG! Thorley had made a break and Gloucester Rugby were putting pressure on the Irish defence. Craig found a way through to go over and score.
Ollie Hassell-Collins gets over for London Irish.
Billy Twelvetrees slots the conversion.
Henry Trinder scores for Gloucester Rugby! What a bounce back!
Paddy Jackson slots the conversion.
An early try for Irish. Blair Cowan gets over after a Gloucester Rugby exit kick is charged down.
Paddy Jackson kick us off!
George Skivington faces his former club. Here's what he had to say during the week.
“They’ve had a couple of good results recently. They played pretty well at their new stadium at the weekend. They’ll be full of confidence and they’ve got a quality side full of internationals sprinkled throughout the squad.
“Skivs (George Skivington) obviously knows them pretty well from his time there but we’re really trying to focus on getting our parts of our game in order, those attitude things and that mindset shift that we need to take down there to get a result.
“You’ve got to know the opposition. We always do our homework and understand the trends in their game and understand the things that they do really well but also the little chinks in their armour. We’ve been looking at that over the past couple of days but 80% of the focus has got to be on us.”
Willi Heinz spoke to the press ahead of today's fixture. Here's what he had to say...
Welcome to Gloucester Rugby's live coverage. We're all set at the Brentford Community Stadium where we face London Irish at 15:00.