Chris Harris picks up injury as Gloucester delight in victory

The Cherry & Whites celebrated a last-gasp victory over London-Irish at Kingsholm to record their 7th victory of the campaign.  

It was a stand-out performance from flyhalf Billy Twelvetrees who slotted a kick in the final minute to secure the win. 

“It takes big guts to knock that kick over but Billy has worked really hard on the training ground with his kicking,” said Gloucester boss George Skivington. 

“It rewarded our never-say-die attitude as the boys never throw in the towel as they showed that at Bristol last week when we down to 14 men early on with a red card but fought right to the end. 

“Irish were very impressive in the A Zone in the first half but we were not at our best tonight although we gutsed it out to win. 

“We managed it well in the end as we won two penalties in succession so it was a clinical finish from us.” 

In some less palatable news, Lions centre Chris Harris was forced to leave the field in the second half with a hand injury. 

“Chris took a bang on the hand and it will need to be assessed. It was an easy decision to take him off with Lloyd Evans coming on and Billy moving to the centre,” Skivington said. 

Warren Gatland and co. will be holding their collective breath on the fitness of Harris as the Lions tour to South Africa edges ever nearer.