| 80 | That's it! Leicester run the clock down and Goode sends it into touch. The curse of the play-offs has struck again for Gloucester! Leicester are through to the final! How would have thought it? Thanks for joining us. |
| 78 | Three minutes t go of a thrilling clash. Leicester trying all sorts of tricks now, Chuter takes it from Corry. Seven phases into the Gloucester 22, a drop goal here? Goode in the pocket...he's got it! DROP GOAL LEICESTER! 25-26! |
| 77 | Lamb runs the restart when he would normally have kicked! He makes good ground again, Strokosch taking it on. Gloucester keeping the ball now! But turnover! |
| 75 | Lamb steps inside, and makes 15m, quick ball too, Azam takes it up to the Leicester 22. Brown takes it over - drop goal range? Allen makes more ground. Strokosch now. Lamb n the pocket...back to Walker, the drop goal... it's there! DROP GOAL GLOUCESTER! 25-23! |
| 74 | He's pulled it left! Will Gloucester get another chance? |
| 73 | Brown takes it on in midfield, but the visitors' defence is all keyed-up now and the hits are flying in. Narraway goes blind off the scrum and nearly breaks. Allen into midfield now. |
| 73 | A penalty to Gloucester for not rolling away! Out on the touchline though... can Lamb give his team the lead back? |
| 71 | Here comes JSD wide off a scrum, and he loses it, but Croft broke his bind early at the scrum, and Gloucester can set up attacking ball now. |
| 70 | Keep ball stuff now from the Tigers... and they win another penalty! Goode can clear once more! |
| 68 | PENALTY LEICESTER! They have the lead! 22-23! |
| 67 | Line-out taken by Leicester and driven on by Hipkiss, Allen smashed out of the way, and Lawson is pinged for lying on the wrong side, and Goode could give Leicester the lead here... |
| 66 | Penaty to Leicester at the scrum, and the Tigers can clear. |
| 65 | Line-out stlen by Gloucester, a chance here with Brown, to Lamb on the angle, he's away... but it's forward! |
| 64 | Goode clears well from the restart, but not to touch, and Walker puts in a fine kick bouncing into touch in the Tigers 22. |
| 63 | MUrphy tears away from a tight spot in his own 22 - the game is opening up. Murphy chips, Lawson slips in the cover, but slips his tackle too. Lamb puts up a high kick, but too high! Confusion reigns... and Balshaw spills it, Mauger takes, and is under the posts! TRY LEICESTER! 22-18 - 22-20 with the conversion! |
| 61 | What a kick by Goode from half-way, but just underneath the bar. Lamb's 22 is good - Chuter is smashed by the chasers. A kick exchange. Walker spreads it to Vainikolo, back wide, JSD steps inside, but his offload goes forward. |
| 60 | Restart cleared. Leicester take the line-out on half-way, then win a penalty... the penalty count is shifting to Leicester's favour... |
| 59 | Superb touchline conversion from Lamb! 22-13! |
| 58 | Qera takes the ball short side off a ruck, and slips to JSD - he's away! Nobody's going to stop him! TRY GLOUCESTER! 20-13! |
| 57 | Lamb stabs a long kick downfield, taken athletically by Murphy. A couple of kicks exchanged, and Leicester dot dwn for a 22. |
| 56 | Tigers driving with urgency from the restart, they've really got their tails up! Goode clears superbly. |
| 54 | Goode's conversion from the touchline is magnificent! 15-13! What a change to the game now! |
| 53 | Good drive from Davies at the line-out, and out the ball comes to Tuilagi, smashing his way through one, two, three.... he's in the corner! TRY LEICESTER! 15-11! |
| 52 | Penalt to Leicester at the line-out for pushing now, and Goode can get some field position. |
| 51 | Leicester win their own restart, with Ellis taking it on - he's back from the bin now. Ball lost, and hacked ahead, Vainikolo giving chase! He gts to the ball, but no proper contact, and Herring covers and wins a penalty. |
| 49 | PENALTY GLOUCESTER! 15-6! |
| 47 | Lamb switched with Allen, who is just caught by Mauger. More good Glocuester possession, they are in complete control here. Balshaw cuts inside, but loses the ball in contact... but another penalty given away by Leicester for going off the feet. Anotehr chance for Lamb... |
| 46 | Allen caught in two minds in midfield, but does well to hold on. A good drive wins Gloucester the scrum. |
| 45 | Goode clears deep into Glouester territory from the line-out. |
| 44 | Lawson takes wuick ball off a line-out and makes a clean break, but tries to step Varndell instead of passing inside - a cahnce goes begging. |
| 43 | SECOND HALF: The technical gremlins have visited us again - Goode has landed a majestic penalty to make it 12-6! PENALTY LEICESTER! |
| 40 | Messy stuff as Leicester bulldoze the Gloucester scrum, but it comes back GLoucester's way. JSD taken by Hipkiss and Varndell, the ball is asleep, and it's half time. Gloucester in complete control! |
| 39 | Qera makes a clean break at the restart, but tries to force a horrible pass across the field - proper Fijian stuff! Unfortunately, no flying try, just a knock-on and a Leicester scrum. |
| 38 | PENALTY GLOCUESTER! Lamb makes it 12-3, as Crane comes back on. But was there a psychological blow for NOT getting the try? |
| 37 | Gloucester opt for the scrum from this penalty, a two-man advantage surely must count here? Several moves, but the defence is up so fast. IN the forwards now, with Nieto and Brown. Another Glocuester penalty, the count is 9-2! |
| 35 | Off the post! Gloucester ecover it, Allen takes it on. Nieto driving now. Ruck, then out to Lamb, who nearly slices through. Lamb sends out a long pass to JSD, who is monstered by Tuilagi. BUt a penalty back, and referee Pearson once again having a word. Anotehr yellow card! Ellis sent to the bin! |
| 34 | Free-kck to Gloucester at the scrum, Allen makes a superb break feeding off Delve. To 5m out now, Lamb puts in a crossfield kick for Walker... too far, but Gloucester have a penalty, anotehr kickable one, and referee Pearson warns of more yellow cards to come. This one against Corry for a pull-back off the ball. Lamb lines it up... |
| 33 | Davies takes the line-out ball, but the move breaks down. Gloucester's pack surges, Leicester's pack surges back excellently, but Gloucester win the scrum. |
| 31 | Lamb clears superbly from the restart! Up to half way. |
| 30 | PENALTY GLOUCESTER! 9-3 after a half hour! |
| 29 | Another penalty to Gloucester, 40m out and central, surely three points here? |
| 28 | Line-out stolen - was that three points gone begging? Goode clears. |
| 27 | Lamb boots the penalty to touch! Attacking line-out, can they make the extra man count? |
| 26 | Hipkiss tears away on the counter attack after being released by Murphy. Again Leicester building... but Vainikolo turns over at a tackle. Away goes Balshaw flying down the right, JSD taken out off the ball trying to take a pass... a yellow card for Jordan Crane and an eminently kickable penalty for Lamb here... |
| 24 | The clearance from Lamb at the restart goes dead. Goode makes a half-break ff the scrum, Tigers building well again. Hipkiss gets throug three tackles, but is stopped by Qera. |
| 22 | Lamb has a go from 50m... just to the right! |
| 21 | Apologies - a couple of techniceal issues here... nothgn serious. Not that muc happenieng either, but now Ellis is penalised for offside at a scrum. |
| 17 | PENALTY GLOUCESTER! Lamb lands another three-pointer as the Leicester pack are penalised at scrum-time. 6-3! |
| 15 | Lamb goes for the corner, but solid Tigers defence off the line-out. |
| 13 | Gloucester win the ball at the restart and Vainikolo sets off on a bullocking run. Gloucester buildng well now, Strokosch doing plenty of good work... and winning a penalty. |
| 11 | PENALTY LEICESTER! Off the post - not a fine strike. 3-3! |
| 10 | Mauger steps and feeds Kay, but Vainikolo has stolen it. Lamb clears. Not to touc though, and Leicester win a penalty. Again Goode can kick... can he land this? |
| 9 | Still Leicester ball though, and this is better, as Herring takes it on after White's charge. Goode off the back of a ruck - where was the defence? 5m from the line, Herring, Crane and Tuilagi all have a go. |
| 8 | Mefin Davies on the charge from the 22 drop out. Mauger caught well in midfield by Qera. Kay's offload is 50-50 and goes to ground, good aggressive defence from the home side. |
| 7 | Howls of approval as Goode's kick slices off to the right. |
| 6 | Murphy chases the restart superbly, and wins his team a penalty back for going over the top, Goode can land this... |
| 5 | PENALTY GLOUECESTER! Lamb lands a three-pointer! 3-0! |
| 3 | PLenty of argy-bargy at the first couple of scrums, Stankovich getting well stuck in! Lamd puts a peach of a kick to the corner, after Goode has his clearance partly charged down. |