DESPITE the bonus point win Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam wants his side to tidy up their act.
“It was a pretty flat dressing room,” he said.
“We started getting inaccurate, took the foot off the pedal.
“You saw the accuracy in the first 20-30 minutes – in our carries, in the timing, in the passes – but then it just got messy in the set-piece. That leads to a poor pass, not presenting the ball in the correct way and it affects the flow of the game. It became very average.
“They weren't just going to lie down. They went pretty hard at our breakdown so it meant we had to be extra clinical.
You have to live in the moment and at times we didn't do that.”
TEAMS
GLOUCESTER: Rees-Zammit 5 (Sharples 67, 6); Thorley 8, Harris 7, Twelvetrees 6 (Seabrook 67, 5), May 6; Cipriani 7, Simpson 5 (Varney 51, 7); Rapava- Ruskin 6 (Mulipola 60, 6), Singleton 5 (Marais 54, 5), Balmain 7 (Stanley 60, 6), Slater 6, Garvey 6, Ackermann 6 (Clement 54, 5), Ludlow 6, Polledri 6. Not used: Drake
BRISTOL: Malins 7; Leiua 7 (Morahan 67, 6), Radradra 8.5, Piutau 7, Purdy 7; Sheedy 8 (Eden 61, 7), Uren 7 (Randell 65, 6); Woolmore 7 (Lahiff 45, 6), Thacker 6 (Capon 53, 6), Sinckler 7.5 (Thomas 57, 5), Joyce 8, Vui 8, Luatua (c) 7 (Thomas, 57, 6), Earl 8, Hughes 7.5
REFEREE: Luke Pearce
Star man
Semi Radradra – Bristol
Meanwhile Lam didn't think MOM Semi Radradra had anything to prove: “I don't think he has to live up to anything – he was outstanding last week. When the guys do their jobs it gives Semi the space and we saw what he can do. He's determined to do better than that so it's exciting.
Gloucester head coach George Skivington said: “We were slow getting into the match and Bristol weren't slow. Before we knew it we had a mountain to climb. Post-that, I was happy how the boys fronted up.”
