Biarritz blitzed by superb Gloucester Rugby show
HEAD coach Bryan Redpath had one clear message for his team after their best performance of the season against Biarritz: 'Now show me you can do it again'.
Gloucester's lack of a bonus point means they have little or no chance of progressing in the Heineken Cup, but a win over Newport Gwent Dragons on Sunday will more than likely qualify them for the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
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It means they must do something they have done only once in the best part of 13 months at Rodney Parade – win away from Kingsholm.
Redpath said: "The key thing was winning the game and gaining confidence from us pushing on and playing in the right areas of the pitch to give ourselves a chance.
"We've got enough to get us into the quarter-finals of the Amlin Cup. We've got to go next week and make sure we do it again.
"The key thing was starting 2010 with some clear objectives, and getting some things put in place to allow us the chance to push up tables and contend for things."
The collective effort of the pack, plus a number of fine individual performances in the backs, meant the Cherry and Whites were able to throw off the shackles with a performance the fans have been waiting for all season.
Man-of-the-match Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu was at the centre of everything Gloucester created, one of many breaks setting up the second try for Tim Molenaar, after Lesley Vainikolo scored the opener, his first of the season.
Talking about Fuimaono-Sapolu, Redpath said: "He was outstanding in defence and attack. I thought Akapusi Qera was outstanding too, as was Gareth Delve. But Ellie was exceptional, he had probably his best game so far.
"Nicky kicked well and Tim Molenaar's try at the end there off Ellie's break was great.
"Some of the opportunities which we took made the difference. We went from strength to strength in the game.
"There were a lot of good performances. We set some standards last Monday that we wanted to try and stick to.
"We want to make Kingsholm a hard place to come and win. I thought the players were great in sticking to the targets we set prior to the match."
The sight of Mike Tindall running on with water bottles was a welcome one, while Redpath had some encouraging news on Alasdair Strokosch, who went off injured at the end of the first half.
"He twisted his ankle off a restart," Redpath said. "It doesn't look too concerning. But for Strokes to come off it had to be sore."







3 Comments
by M, Glos
Monday, January 18 2010, 8:51PM
“glawster....its in the pic so they prob thought they wouldn't need to write it in as well!!!”
by glawster, Glos
Monday, January 18 2010, 4:03PM
“Well I have just read two reports of the match on here and have yet to find the final score! Might help in the report.”
by Dan, Churchdown
Monday, January 18 2010, 3:05PM
“Well Done Boys Nice to see everything clicked for once. Well done to Qera too for signing a new 2 year deal, nice to see someone with commitment to the club.”