Big wins for Gloucester and Newcastle, Saints beat Dragons
Gloucester saw off London Irish, Newcastle thumped Cardiff Blues while Northampton beat the Dragons in the Anglo-Welsh Cup on Saturday.
Gloucester 47-7 London Irish
The Cherry and Whites ran in seven tries to see off London Irish at Kingsholm, bouncing back from last week’s loss at Leicester Tigers.
First-half scores from Willi Heinz, Val Rapava Ruskin and Tom Hudson gave them a 19-0 lead at the break before they cut loose in the second-half, with Jeremy Thrush, Henry Trinder, Callum Braley and Jake Polledri sealing the victory.
The scorers:
For Gloucester:
Tries: Heinz, Rapava Ruskin, Hudson, Thrush, Trinder, Braley, Polledri
Cons: Burns 2, Twelvetrees 4
For London Irish:
Try: Hoskins
Con: Tonks
Gloucester: 15 Tom Hudson, 14 Henry Purdy, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Willi Heinz (c), 8 Lewis Ludlow, 7 Jacob Rowan, 6 Jake Polledri, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 4 Ed Slater, 3 John Afoa, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Val Rapava Ruskin
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Josh Hohneck, 18 Gareth Denman, 19 Tom Savage, 20 Will Safe, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Lloyd Evans, 23 Andy Symons
London Irish: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Ben Ransom, 13 Fergus Mulchrone (c), 12 Luke McLean, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Theo Brophy Clews, 9 Rory Brand, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Max Northcote-Green, 6 Josh Basham, 5 Jack Cooke, 4 Will Lloyd, 3 Ollie Hoskins, 2 Tom Woolstencroft, 1 Tom Smallbone
Replacements: 16 Todd Gleave, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Blair Cowan, 20 Ben Donnell, 21 Ben Meehan, 22 Jacob Atkins, 23 Matt Williams
Referee: Jack Makepeace (England)
Assistant referees: Greg Garner (England), Sara Cox (England)
Newcastle Falcons 57-0 Cardiff Blues
Newcastle made it two wins from two in the Anglo-Welsh Cup as they breezed past Cardiff Blues at Kingston Park, running in nine tries.
Falcons were leading 24-0 at the break thanks to scores from Micky Young, Sinoti Sinoti, a penalty try and Mark Wilson in a one-sided half.
Adam Radwan, Sinoti, Alex Tait and Hodgson’s tries then moved Newcastle over the 50-point mark before Gary Graham picked up the final try.
The scorers:
For Newcastle:
Tries: Young, Sinoti 2, Penalty try, Wilson, Radwan, Tait, Hodgson, Graham
Cons: Hodgson 5
Newcastle: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Maxime Mermoz, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Michael Young, 8 Ryan Burrows, 7 Will Welch (c), 6 Mark Wilson, 5 Sean Robinson, 4 Calum Green, 3 Jon Welsh, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Sami Mavinga
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Rob Vickers, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Will Witty, 20 Gary Graham, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Belisario Agulla, 23 Juan Pablo Socino
Cardiff Blues: 15 Rhun Williams, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Jack Roberts, 12 Harri Millard, 11 Tom James, 10 Ben Jones, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Sion Bennett, 7 Ben White, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 James Down, 4 George Earle (c), 3 Anton Peikrishvili, 2 Ethan Lewis, 1 Brad Thyer
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Ben Murphy, 20 Callum Bradbury, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Ben Thomas, 23 Dan Fish
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Assistant referees: Hamish Smales (England), Steve Lee (England)
Northampton Saints 41-7 Dragons
Northampton bounced back from last week’s defeat as they overcame the Dragons in a comfortable victory at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday.
Juan Pablo Estelles and Reece Marshall’s tries saw them take a 12-0 lead into half-time and Stephen Myler made it 15-0 in the 43rd minute.
Ken Pisi then crossed for the Saints before Joe Thomas hit back for the Dragons, making it 22-7, before Cobus Reinach’s try made it 29-7.
Tom Wood and James Mitchell added tries five and six for Northampton as this victory moves Saints to the top of Pool C, ahead of Saracens.
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Tries: Estelles, Marshall, Pisi, Reinach, Wood, Mitchell
Cons: Myler 3, Grayson
Pen: Myler
For Dragons:
Try: Thomas
Con: Robson
Northampton: 15 Harry Mallinder, 14 Juan Pablo Estelles, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Tom Stephenson, 11 Ken Pisi, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Mitch Eadie, 7 Ben Nutley, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Sam Dickinson (c), 4 Michael Paterson, 3 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 2 Reece Marshall, 1 Francois van Wyk
Replacements: 16 Mikey Haywood, 17 Matt Beesley, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Teimana Harrison, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 James Grayson, 23 Ben Foden
Dragons: 15 Joe Goodchild, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Joe Thomas, 12 Pat Howard, 11 Ashton Hewitt (c), 10 Arwel Robson, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Huw Worthington, 7 Ben Roach, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Liam Belcher, 1 Luke Garrett
Replacements: 16 Gerard Ellis, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Scott Andrews, 20 Lennon Greggains, 21 Owain Leonard, 22 Angus O’Brien, 23 Adam Warren
Referee: Mike English (Wales)
Assistant referees: Fergus Kirby (England), Paul Burton (England)