Gloucester 16-9 ExeterExeter Chiefs blew the chance to disappear top of the Aviva Premiership table after suffering their second dispiriting defeat in seven days. In a tight contest that remained scoreless until the second half Chiefs again failed to take crucial opportunities and allowed Gloucester to maintain alive their own faint hopes of European qualification next season.
There were clear echoes of Exeter’s defeat by Wasps in the Champions Cup quarter-final as the visitors squandered at least three clear chances, the most glaring when James Short unaccountably fumbled the ball when in space and heading for the Gloucester line. The outcome now threatens their prospects of a domestic semi-final draw in next month’s Premiership play-offs.
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Source: theguardian.com