Player Ratings: Gloucester 31-55 Bath -Finn Russell & Ollie Lawrence star in West Country Derby
10/13/2024 08:54 AM
By Ben Baker
Gloucester lost 31-55 to Bath after a second half crumble meant they lost the West Country derby in front of a sold out Kingsholm Stadium.
Bath opened the scoring with Ben Obano but tries from Welshmen Max Llewellyn and Tomos Williams gave Gloucester the lead once again.
Charlie Atkinson added on to Bath's first half misery but Finn Russell managed to get one back for the visitors. Carreras scored a penalty just before half time to give Gloucester a cushion once again.
However, it was one way traffic in the second half , with Obano, Josh Bayliss,Tom de Glanville and a penalty try gave Bath the control of the game.
Ollie Thorley scored a bonus point try for Gloucester with just over 10 minutes to go to give the Cherries a bit of hope, but late tries from Ollie Lawrence and Jaco Coetzee sealed the win for Bath
GLOUCESTER PLAYER RATINGS
- Ciaran Knight- 5
Knight came off early in the second half after Bath scored two quick tries. It was a relatively quiet game for the prop up until coming off.
- Jack Singleton- 6
The hooker was reliable on the line out, showing good line out accuracy. Singleton came off when Gloucester made three substitutions at the same time on the 55th minute.
- Afolabi Fasogbon- 6
Fasogbon showed physical excellence who was strong carrying the ball, he put in a lot of work in the rucks.
- Freddie Clark – 6
After being told he was starting during the warm ups due to injury, the second row put in a decent performance and showed a high work rate throughout the game.
- Freddie Thomas- N/A
Thomas got subbed off in the 13th minute for a HIA and did not come back on.
- Jack Clement- 6
Clement came off for a HIA on the half an hour mark, he played a part in the Tomos Williams try and put in a shift at the breakdown.
- Lewis Ludlow (c)- 5
Ludlow conceded the penalty that led to Bath's first try of the game, it was a relatively quiet game overall from the captain.
- Zach Mercer- 7
After a fantastic break from inside his own 10 metre line, (where he sent Finn Russell to the shop with a dummy) Mercer initiated what will go down as one of the tries of the season, he looked strong on the ball and put in a solid overall performance
- Tomos Williams- 8
Scored a try, assisted another, fast into the ruck and a brilliant performance where nearly everything he touched turned to gold. The Welshman's impressive start to his Gloucester career continues.
- Gareth Anscombe- 5
There was not much time for Anscombe to make an impact, going off for a HIA after 20 minutes and did not come back on, it was a fairly average performance from the scrum half.
- Ollie Thorley- 7
It was a game where Gloucester's backs showed their true ability and Thorley was one of those, making many breaks and scoring a late try to secure a bonus point.
- Seb Atkinson- 7
Atkinson set up one of the tries for Gloucester, ripping the ball and then breaking away, (one of Gloucester's many breakaways throughout the game), it was an overall impressive and fast paced performance from the centre.
- Max Llewellyn- 7
Llewellyn scored Gloucester's first try of the game to put The Cherries level, throughout the game he showed good vision and added flair to the game.
- Josh Hathaway- 6
Made some good breaks throughout the game but lacked discipline at times, being the reason Gloucester's try before half time was disallowed.
- Santiago Carreras- 7
Carreras had an accurate boot throughout the first half, added an extra option to The Cherries' attack. The fullback came off in the 54th minute.
GLOUCESTER REPLACEMENTS
- Seb Blake (on 55)- 4
Blake came on at the 55th minute in a rough second half for Gloucester, they got dominated physically and Blake struggled with the line out.
- Val Rapava-Ruskin- 4
Coming on at the 53rd minute, Rapava-Ruskin struggled to make a positive impact in a rough second half for Gloucester.
- Krill Gotovtsev- 5
Govotsev came on and had a quiet 25 minutes, fitting in with Gloucester's lacklustre second half.
- Matias Alemanno- 6
Alemanno came on for Thomas early in the game for a HIA and stayed on the pitch, he put in a shift in the ruck and looked good on the ball when in possession.
- Ruan Ackermann- 5
Ackermann came on early in the game for under 10 minutes while Clement came off with a HIA and then came on with just over 10 minutes to go but made little impact on the game as a whole.
- Caolan Englefield- 4
Coming on with 10 minutes to go, Englefield struggled to add much to a Gloucester attack that needed a lot adding to in that second half.
- Charlie Atkinson (on 22)- 5
Coming on and immediately scoring a try that gave Gloucester a gap that was over a converted try, giving Tomos Williams good support on a break and then running the ball over the line. However, Atkinson conceded a penalty try and was booked during a crucial time of the game.
- George Barton (on 55)- 6
Barton came on while Gloucester were trailing to try and find that energy from the first half that the Cherries had lost, he didn't put a foot wrong but didn't add that needed energy. He scored a fantastic conversion, drop kicking the ball under pressure after it fell off the tee.
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