Photos - Martin Bennett
Kingston Park is not an easy place to win but the Cherry and Whites secured the 32-22 bonus point victory over Newcastle Falcons to stay in the top four of the Gallagher Premiership.
It was windy and with kick off being delayed by four hours due to the weather, the victory was sweet.
What happened?
Newcastle were first to get on the scoreboard thanks to an early Brett Connon penalty and initially were the side who seemed to warm up to the game the fastest.
Gloucester Rugby took their time to settle and a try from Val Rapava-Ruskin wasn’t enough to get a strong foothold into the game.
The hosts hit back with their own score through the flying winger Adam Radwan who was simply too fast to be stopped.
100% commitment from Chris Harris saw the Scotland centre charge down the conversion attempt and kept his former club to eight points.
It started to click for the Cherry and Whites. The attack worked well and Charlie Chapman put in some beautiful box kicks to ensure we played in the right areas of the field.
Santiago Carreras was put into some space by a Billy Twelvetrees pass and the Argentine international went over to extend our lead with Hastings nailing the conversion and a penalty a few minutes later.
Lewis Ludlow gave Gloucester Rugby a good lead at the break thanks to a great try from the maul and the skipper led the side into half time with a 20-8 lead.
Newcastle were first to score in the second half and it was Mateo Carreras who got over the line. Connon added the conversion and things got close before Ollie Thorley extended the Cherry and White lead.
It was great hands from the backs and Santiago Carreras puts the winger in enough space for him to fly over for our bonus point try.
Louis Rees-Zammit then produced a bit of magic and he scored an incredible individual try. He ran from his 22, through the Newcastle defence, to score in the corner.
Lloyd Evans took over the kicking duties and slotted the conversion to secure the result.
Newcastle had the final say with a try from Charlie Maddison and the conversion from Will Haydon-Wood made the final score 32-22.
Key moment – LRZ
Louis Rees-Zammit is rapid. The Welsh winger made it from our 22, weaving and darting through the defence, all the way to the try line.
A great score as he now heads off on Six Nations duty.
What’s next?
Gloucester Rugby are back in action next Friday night when we host London Irish at Kingsholm. Get your tickets here.
An excellent result at Kingston Park.
We're still going. They have the lineout on halfway. But it's not straight so the game is over.
The conversion is good.
Maddison scores for Newcastle.
Socino has been yellow carded for illegally stopping the attack.
Kirill Gotovtsev is on for Fraser Balmain and Jack Clement is on for Lewis Ludlow.
We win the penalty at the scrum. Evans goes to touch.
Stephen Varney and Giorgi Kveseladze are on for Charle Chapman and Chris Harris.
On halfway. We are put into touch. Newcastle go quick.
Ruan Ackermann with a great charge down. We attack well but come back for the penalty. 5m lineout.
Newcastle launch an attack but the pass goes forward.
Evans slots the conversion.
Wow. Louis Rees-Zammit has just scored an incredible try. He's ran from our own 22, through the Newcastle defence, to score in the corner. Magic.
Harry Elrington is on for Val Rapava-Ruskin.
Ollie Thorley! Great hands from the backs and Santiago Carreras puts Ollie Thorley in enough space for him to fly over for our bonus point try.
Tom Penny is on for Brett Connon.
Louis Rees-Zammit is on for Adam Hastings. Santiago Socino is on for Jack Singleton.
Connon slots the conversion.
Mateo Carreras gets over for Newcastle. Disappointed with that one, it was our own errors that let them in.
We try to run it from our try line but the ball is spilt forward. Newcastle have the 5m scrum...
More silly errors. Newcastle go to touch. They have the lineout on our 22.
Newcastle were holding on at the breakdown. Hastings calls for the tee.
A good start for the hosts who have possession in our half.
Adam Hastings kicks us off for the second half.
Our defence holds strong so Newcastle kick the ball out to end the half.
Chapman is a master of the box kick.
They bring on the tee.
Lewis Ludlow gets over for the try! We made big ground with our maul and the skipper found the gap to go over.
Ollie Thorley makes a break and chips it forward.
Knock on from Newcastle so we have the scrum.
Newcastle win the penalty at the maul and have the lineout on halfway.
A great box kick from Chapman. He's made significant ground there.
Hastings slots the penalty.
We win the pen at the breakdown so Hastings calls for the tee.
We win the penalty at the maul so we go to touch again. Our lineout on their 22.
TMO ruling is no try. There was an obstruction meaning Billy Twelvetrees couldn't make the tackle.
Pete Lucock has broken through and dotted down but it looks like there was an obstruction.
A few silly errors creeping into our game. Newcastle go to touch and have the lineout in our 22.
Ed Slater looks to have hurt himself. Andrew Davidson is on.
Newcastle spill the ball forward so we have the scrum on halfway.
Hastings nails the conversion despite the boos from the Newcastle fans.
TRY! Santiago Carreras is put into space by a Billy Twelvetrees pass and the Argentine is over!
Chris Harris has charged down the conversion attempt!
Newcastle bounce back and get over the line thanks to a brilliant break from Adam Radwan. He was too quick to catch.
The wind is sooo strong.
YES! After a great period of Cherry and White attack, it's Val Rapava-Ruskin who crashes over the line to score the try!
We win the penalty and Hastings fires the ball to touch. We have the lineout in their 22.
The wind took it but it's crept through the posts. Brett Connon gets Newcastle on the board.
A good start for the home side. Val Rapava-Ruskin gets over the ball but he is deemed to be off his feet. Newcastle line up the shot at goal.
Brett Connon kicks us off and we are underway!
Not long until kick off now. It's a chilly one.
After a delay, we've finally made it to a windy and cold Kingston Park! Kick off is 7pm so stay tuned for live updates.