Gloucester stored their Gallagher Premiership play-off hopes alive with a 26-12 win over rock-bottom Newcastle at Kingston Park.
Ben Stevenson opened the scoring for Newcastle, however the guests took the lead via a Chris Harris strive, and yellow playing cards for dwelling duo Callum Chick and Cameron Neild allowed Gloucester to take cost as they scored a penalty strive earlier than Seb Atkinson crossed.
Harris was then despatched to the sin bin minutes into the second half of a scrappy encounter, with Jack Cotgreave securing the bonus level for Gloucester earlier than Joe Davis replied for the hosts.
Newcastle’s hopes of a robust end have been dashed as Stevenson was proven pink for an aerial problem on Santi Carreras, and fifth-placed Gloucester noticed the sport out to stay within the hunt for a top-four end.
The sport was a ultimate outing at Kingston Park for Newcastle captain Chick and Jamie Blamire as they put together to depart the membership, and within the opening minutes, the Falcons loved a promising string of phases stemming from a scrum 5 metres away from the Gloucester tryline.
Regardless of some strong defence from the guests, Newcastle gained the ball again on the midway line and their early menace paid off when Stevenson was performed in on the left flank to dive in on the nook. Nonetheless, Brett Connon’s subsequent conversion whistled previous the upright.
Although Gloucester struggled to build rhythm, they eventually found success from the lineout when Harris broke away and squeezed through a gap before touching down underneath the posts, with Carreras converting to put the Cherry and Whites ahead.
Spurred on by their try, Gloucester began to dominate, and Newcastle were suddenly plunged into trouble when two yellow cards were shown in quick succession.
Chick was the first to depart, and the visitors soon capitalised by scoring a penalty try, with Neild then following his skipper to the sin bin following another maul offence.
Using their two-player advantage, Atkinson burst down the centre of the pitch from inside his own to cross under the posts, with Carreras adding the extras to make it 21-5.
Gloucester had seemingly struck again when Ruan Ackermann charged down Sam Stuart’s kick to cross, however his effort was disallowed for offside.
An entertaining opening to the second half noticed Newcastle threaten on the Gloucester tryline, and Harris despatched to the sin bin for a excessive deal with earlier than the away facet gained a penalty to ease the stress.
The guests instantly prolonged their lead when Atkinson broke via the Falcons’ line of defense earlier than offloading to Cotgreave, who crossed within the nook. Carreras despatched his conversion effort nicely large, although.
Newcastle then struck as Stevenson launched into a superb mazy run earlier than enjoying in Davis, who dived beneath the posts, and Connon transformed to make it 26-12.
The hosts threatened to cut back the deficit additional nonetheless, however Max Pepper was hauled down simply in entrance of the tryline earlier than Freddie Lockwood had an important probability however was unable to floor.
Stevenson was then proven pink within the 74th minute for his problem on Carreras and Newcastle slumped to a fifteenth Premiership defeat of the season.
