By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

La Rochelle ...................... 29pts
Tries: Bourgarit 21, Thomas 25, 77; Kerr Barlow 45
Conversions: Hastoy 23, 46, 79
Penalties: Hastoy 5

Gloucester ....................... 26pts
Tries: Harris 12, Clarke 33, Rees-Zammit 49
Conversions: Twelvetrees 13
Penalties: Twelvetrees 15, 55, 70
Brave Gloucester, manifestly the better side on an evening of magnificent European rugby, threatened to pull off their greatest ever European triumph but came up agonisingly short at champions La Rochelle.
The French team, trailing by four and outplayed for significant periods,...