Santiago Carreras kicked six penalties to steer Gloucester to a European Problem Cup semi-final after a 23-13 win over Ospreys in entrance of a raucous crowd at Kingsholm.
The deserved victory earned them a house semi-final in opposition to the winners of the Benetton v Connacht fixture.
Hooker Seb Blake scored their solely attempt to reward their pack who shaded the ahead battle by inserting Ospreys below stress in each scrum and line-out with Ruan Ackermann and Zach Mercer punching holes of their defence.
Jake Whites previews the Bulls’ face-off with Northampton Saints
Keelan Giles scored a superb attempt for the Welsh aspect with former Gloucester participant Owen Williams including two penalties and a conversion however they may rue their ill-discipline on the night time as they have been penalised at will by the French referee.
A easy penalty from Carreras gave Gloucester an early lead however they quickly fell behind to an excellent attempt.
Gloucester
Ospreys
On half-way, Adam Hastings over-hit a chip forward, which Jack Walsh collected at tempo to run 45 metres earlier than offering Giles with a straightforward run-in.
Williams transformed earlier than Carreras kicked his second penalty to depart his aspect trailing 7-6 on the finish of a aggressive first quarter.
A poor straight into contact clearance from Stephen Varney then gifted the guests an attacking platform from the place Williams prolonged his aspect’s lead with an easy penalty.
Ospreys’ line-out was a supply of concern for them dropping three on their very own throw within the first 25 minutes and so they have been made to pay when Blake completed off a driving line-out.
Carreras missed the touchline conversion however succeeded along with his third penalty after Ospreys had made his job simpler by dropping 10 metres for again chat to the referee.
With the final kick of the half, Williams booted his second penalty to depart Gloucester with a 14-13 benefit on the interval.
After a restart, a poor kick from Walsh when below no stress misplaced his aspect 50 metres however flanker Harri Deaves gained an important penalty on the breakdown to alleviate the stress.
Gloucester misplaced centre Max Llewellyn to damage however they overcame that to gather the primary factors of the second half with one other penalty from Carreras.
An elusive breakaway from Luke Morgan gained the Welsh Area a penalty however Williams’ kick rebounded again off a publish.
Williams was made to pay for his miss as Carreras was quickly on course along with his fifth as Ospreys’ skipper continued to debate selections with referee Pierre Brousset.
Brousset was shortly signalling one other penalty in Gloucester’s favour, this time from a scrum, and once more Carreras made no mistake to ship the hosts into the semi-finals.
