Gloucester put in a late kick to ease to a 34-14 victory our Castres of their Investec Champions Cup opener at Kingsholm.
The match had been stage at 14-14 with 20 minutes to go earlier than the house facet streaked to the win, thanks largely to 2 late tries from substitute Charlie Atkinson, the second of which with virtually the ultimate play making certain they picked up a profitable bonus level.
Castres had taken the early initiative and gone in entrance via a transformed attempt within the ninth minute from Vuate Karawalevu.
Freddie Thomas went over for Gloucester’s first rating earlier than the guests regained the lead via Loris Zarantonello’s transformed attempt.
Will Trenholm crossed over to stage issues as soon as extra earlier than fly-half Ross Byrne kicked two penalties to edge Gloucester right into a lead they’d not relinquish.
That set things up for Atkinson to seal victory late on and move his side second behind Bath in Pool 2.
