Gloucester head coach Brian Redpath was delighted with his side's impressive 34-24 victory against Toulouse, which saw the English club finish their Heineken Cup campaign on a high. Going into the game knowing qualification to the quarter-finals was already beyond them, Gloucester knew they could do their Premiership rivals Harlequins a favour by beating Toulouse; thus opening the door for Quins to sneak through to the knockout stage.
While Harlequins failed to take their chance, Gloucester will be pleased with how they ended this season's European campaign, albeit tinged with more than a touch of disappointment that they couldn't have produced this sort of performance on a regular basis. Those looking at the Heineken Cup Betting will know they were never favourites to progress though.
In front of a packed Kingsholm, Gloucester always managed to keep their noses in front, in what was a thrilling and open game. Full-back Jonny May helped himself to a pair of well taken tries, with winger Charlie Sharpless and Fijian flanker Akapusi Qera going over for a score each. Fly-half Freddie Burns was consistently accurate with the boot, kicking 14 points and controlling much of the impressive attacking play of the back-line. Anyone looking at the online betting will have been impressed.
While the victory meant little at the end of the match, Redpath was overjoyed with what he had seen from his team.
"It was a great performance," he said.
"We knew they had picked a big, physical side and we showed them a lot of respect. I thought numbers one to 23 - our substitutes that came on made a big difference as well - were great."
"I am delighted for the boys because we finished off the Heineken Cup in style."
The Scot will be desperately hoping that this victory can be a catalyst for Gloucester to start putting together a decent league run. A poor start to the season has left the club down in eighth, something that Redpath and his staff will be hoping can be amended following this result.
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