‘We are making the same mistakes’
GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: Gloucester Head Coach George Skivington looks on before the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Gloucester and Bristol at Kingsholm Stadium on February 12, 2021 in Gloucester, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Frustrated Gloucester head coach George Skivington urged his side to stop making the same mistake of giving their opponents an early lead.
After watching his side fightback from trailing 14-0 after as many minutes, Skivington said: “Frustrating is the word again.
“I feel like I am repeating myself from the last two weeks, but apart from that first 15 minutes it was a really good game of rugby and it was as tight as I expected it to be.
“We've got to start respecting that first 10 minutes of a rugby match, because we've done the same thing in the past three matches.
“We talked all week about Danny Care at the breakdown and not turning your back on him and fair play to Quins they did it really well again.
“I thought their defence was really good as well tonight and again after that opening ten minutes or so it was two competitive teams.”
TEAMS
HARLEQUINS: David 7 (Edwards 79); Murley 7, Marchant 6, Esterhuizen 6, Bassett 6 (Northmore 59, 6); Allan 7, Care 8 (Gjaltema 77); Marler 6 (Baxter 59, 6), Walker 8 (Head 77), Louw 6 (Kerrod 59, 6), Lamb 6 (Hammond 59, 6), Herbst 7, Kenningham 6, Evans 7 (White 73), Dombrandt (c) 8 GLOUCESTER: Evans 5 (Barton 66, 6); Rees-Zammit 6, Harris 6, Twelvetrees 7 (Reevers 58, 5), Morris 5; Carreras 6, Chapman 5 (Varney 53,5); Rapava-Ruskin 7, Socino 7 (Singleton 59, 6), Balmain 5 (Knight 70, 5), Clarke 6, Alemanno 6 (Jordan 59, 6), Ackermann 7, Ludlow (c) 6, Morgan 7 (Polledri 71) Not used: Erlington
REFEREE: Wayne Barnes
ATTENDANCE: 14,231
Star man: Danny Care – Harlequins
