It's time for us to monopolise our rivals: Cook
THE next time Gloucester leave it right to the very last minute, the Cherry and Whites will not pass Go, they will not collect £200 – they will go straight to Prisoner Cell Block Defeat.
That's the verdict of a relieved Rob Cook, who thinks the Kingsholm men have played their entire hand of positive fate after Friday's last-gasp win over Worcester.
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up for it: Rob Cook
Jonny May probably would have scored when Worcester full-back Errie Claassens tripped him in Friday night's final play.
But Cook admits the penalty try awarded by the Television Match Official that turned defeat into 29-23 victory was certainly a stroke of luck.
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"I think we've used our get-out-of-jail card," conceded the 28-year-old Gloucester full-back, who wants his side to tidy up their attacking act.
"We dominated the game, but we always made sure they were still involved.
"At one point we should have kicked on, but we let them back in with a silly intercept try.
"We managed to create that chance towards the end, and it was more relief than anything at the win.
"I think we get in the right places, but we need to step up our patience and accuracy.
"A little knock-on here or a misplaced passed there, there's always something else stopping us.
"It's not the same thing over and over again, so the only way to combat that is to tighten everything up.
"Sooner or later we're really going to click and hopefully we'll really dispatch a side!"
Cook believes Gloucester must appreciate the enormity of that monumental Worcester reprieve – and honour it – starting with victory at Bath on Friday (kick-off 8pm).
Relishing his first foray at another new ground in an impressive debut Premiership campaign, the former Cornish Pirate said Gloucester must steel themselves for one of their toughest games of the season.
He continued: "If we'd lost that it would have been back to the drawing board.
"But we won, and we can look to the positives and try to sharpen up on what we need to improve.
"We've got the win behind us as we head up to The Rec, and we can't wait for it.
"Every place I go away is a new experience for me.
"I've never played at The Rec before, and it's unbelievable.
"The first derby here was fantastic, and I cannot wait to get stuck into it.
"If we can come away with a result on Friday, then we'll be in great shape."
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by walker1105
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:56PM
“Rupert Harden has 12 starts out of 16 premiership games for Gloucester this season, plus another two. That makes him the top rated tight head at Gloucester in anyone's books (except for the sad troll Django_G/glawsteruk1/akadau/graybaggs/Kap721 who is pretty clueless about everything, really).”
by Steve_Bronko
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:54PM
“Harden has been having a storming season. It is no wonder he has been selected to start the most games of all the front row forwards. And not just any old games. It has been the key games where you need your best players.”
by mattw74
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:51PM
“Rupert Harden is an utterly brilliant tight head and Nigel Davies knows it, hence 12 out of 16 Premiership starts.”
by SimonGray
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:49PM
“The many named troll Django_G, is a sad only irrelevant old man whose hobby is trolling. He has no idea about rugby whatsoever.”
by Conrad_Selby
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:48PM
“...And boy has Harden proved him wrong with some absolutely stunning performances as our number 1 tight-head and ND's go to man when there is a tough game to be played.”
by JimBatchelor
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:46PM
“Yep, Django_G hates Harden because he made certain claims about our first choice tight head, none of which had any basis at the time or since. Harden proved the troll wrong time and time again with his excellent performance on the field.”
by stewglos
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:45PM
“Harden has proved this season why he is the best and top rated tight head at Gloucester. In doing so, he has proved that the multi-identitied Django_G has no idea when it comes to rugby.”
by seanbulling
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 6:43PM
“Nigel Davies is the man in the know and he selects Harden to start all the tough and important games. That puts Django_G's knowledge and assertions into perspective.
# Django_Gcluelesstroll”
by CurtDowne
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 12:45PM
“Rupert Harden is the official first choice tight head at Gloucester Rugby. The reason that he is, is because he is the best and that is why we need him on the field against bath on Friday.”
by Drusus
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 12:32PM
“I'm looking forward to seeing Gloucester Rugby's top rated and most talented tight head, Rupert Harden, taking to the field against Bath on Friday. He is the only man up to the task.”