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Biarritz Olympique

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Time:80'
- Gloucester
- Biarritz Olympique
- 80' There it is, the final whistle and Gloucester have got their Heineken Cup campaign off to a great start notching up a victory over former finalists Biarritz at Kingsholm
- 79' Lamb adds another three points to Gloucester's tally to rub salt into Biarritz's wounds who, with just one minute remaining, look like they are heading for a 10th consecutive loss away from home
- 70' This game has lost it's sparkle in the last 10 minutes as both sides battle with tiredness and scrappy play in the middle of the field
- 61' It is Gloucester this time that are penalised at the breakdown gifting Biarritz the chance to reduce the deficit but Traille misses another long-range kick and the French side remains nine points down
- 57' Sure enough Barkley does add another three points to the Gloucester tally and take them away from one-score range kicking a simple penalty from right in front of the posts
- 56' Barkley has another chance to extend Gloucester's lead when Biarritz are penalised again at the breakdown
- 47' Barkley has a great chance to get three of those points back for Gloucester but pulls his penalty kick wide of the posts
- 43' Damien Traille adds the conversion and just like that Biarritz are back within one score of Gloucester
- 43' TRY BIARRITZ! A great re-start for the visitors as Cabannes steps inside his man and powers away before offloading to Gobelet, who touches down just to the right of the posts
- 41' Biarritz get the second half underway at Kingsholm ...
- 40+1 Barkley adds the conversion with the final kick of the half and Gloucester deservedly lead heading into the interval
- 40' TRY GLOUCESTER! Gloucester get lucky on an attacking line-out as they look to have knocked the ball on. But the referee either doesn't see, or lets it go, and Gloucester exploit the extra man passing the ball across the pitch from the right to the left wing before James Simpson-Daniel is left in acres of space to dive over the line
- 37' But Damien Traille pulls his long-distance penalty wide off the right posts and the scores remain the same
- 36' Biarritz get their first kickable penalty of the afternoon as Tindall is penalised for holding on ...
- 30' Barkley kicks the resulting penalty just as Morgan returns to the pitch after completing his time in the bin
- 29' The referee has finally had enough of Jerome Thion not keeping his side in check and sends the Biarritz captain to the sin bin for failing to stay on his feet
- 27' Gloucester don't seem to be too hurt by the absence of Morgan as they continue to pin the Biarritz back in their own half
- 20' Olly Morgan is sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes after mis-timing a tackle on Damien Traille and taking the Frenchman in the air whilst he collects a high ball
- 19' Lamb attempts a drop goal from right in front of the posts and should have done a lot better than pulling the ball to the right
- 15' Barkley misses his easiest chance of the match so far as he bounces the ball off right post
- 14' Gloucester are awarded their fourth penalty of the day when Biarritz play the ball of their feet
- 11' Peyrelongue hits back for Biarritz with a drop goal right in front of the posts from the re-start. Better from Biarritz
- 9' Great kick from Barkley as he thumps his second kick home from an almost identical position as the first making Biarritz pay the price for their early indiscipline
- 8' Gloucester push for the try-line and Magnus Lund is penalised for not rolling away allowing Gloucester the chance to double their lead
- 7' Another penalty goes the way of Gloucester and this time, from the half-way line, Lamb kicks for the line-out
- 4' Olly Barkley, playing at 12 with Ryan Lamb at fly-half, successfully kicks the first penalty of the match and puts the Cherry and Whites three points to the good inside the first five minutes
- 4' Gloucester earn themselves an early penalty as Biarritz are penalised for holding on
- 1' Gloucester get the match underway at Kingsholm ...
- 18:22 Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the final Heineken Cup game of the day - between Gloucester and Biarritz

Summary

Gloucester	versus	Biarritz Olympique
Simpson-Daniel 40’	Tries	Gobelet 43’
Barkley 40’	Conversions	Peyrelongue 43’
Barkley 4’, 9’, 31’, 58’, Lamb 79’	Penalties
	Drops	Peyrelongue 11’

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Peter Allen
Gloucester

Manager: Dean Ryan

On the Field
- Dickinson
- Azam
- Nieto
- Bortolami
- Brown
- Buxton
- Strokosch
- Narraway
- Cooper
- Lamb
- Simpson-Daniel
- Barkley
- Tindall
- Balshaw
- Morgan
Subs
- Eustace
- Hazell
- Lawson
- Forster
- Lawson
- Walker
- Vainikolo
Injured

None

Suspended

None
Biarritz Olympique

Manager: Jacques Delmas

On the Field
- Barcella
- August
- Moala
- Thion
- Carizza
- Lund
- Vahafaluo
- Cronje
- Cibray
- Peyrelongue
- Gobelet
- Traille
- Cabannes
- Ngwenya
- Thierry
Subs
- Bidabé
- Masi
- Coetzee
- Som
- Bourrust
- Tranier
- Roidot
Injured

None

Suspended

None