Gloucester Rugby secured a 32-20 victory over Sale Sharks, breaking their nine-match losing streak in the Gallagher Premiership at Kingsholm. Their first Premiership win in 100 days featured George McGuigan, who secured Man of the Match, and Ollie Thorley, who inspired the team with a scintillating 75-metre solo try. Charlie Atkinson made his first start at fly-half in the Premiership for Gloucester. Sale, despite being heavily depleted, missed the opportunity to move into fourth place with a bonus-point win. Northampton Saints lead the pack with 44 points, while Saracens have entered the top four after defeating Exeter.
Jasper Wiese scored his second try of the season for the Leicester Tigers. The Springbok number 8 made 27 carries in the game, which is the joint-most, along with a previous match against Exeter. The Tigers are really going to miss him. #SaffasAbroad #Springboks https://t.co/1JlbODJ43c
Ruan Ackermann with a superb line to score his second try of the season for @gloucesterrugby That name creeping deeper into Springboks contention. #SaffasAbroad https://t.co/cxJmodWj4C
Juarno Augustus scoring his first Gallagher Premiership try of the season for @SaintsRugby #SaffasAbroad https://t.co/dP4HrJjWf1
Tristan Tedder with a lovely move to score his second Top 14 try of the season for @racing92 #SaffasAbroad https://t.co/sJZfoQo6jm
⭐️ MOST CARRIES HE'S BACK!!! Jasper Wiese returns! This is the sixth round of the season that Jasper Wiese has made the most carries in the Prem. That's 50% of games! Tigers are still yet to confirm a replacement... Powered by @Oval_Insights https://t.co/Dp6WMKxlZv
27 - @LeicesterTigers’ Jasper Wiese made 27 carries against Harlequins, the joint-most by any player in a @premrugby match this season, alongside the 27 Wiese himself made against Exeter Chiefs on December 23rd. Workhorse. https://t.co/mByfu3q2OZ
Brett Herron scoring his third try of the PROD2 season. His first at home. #SaffasAbroad https://t.co/ZJ4OvDGRd6
Back from Kingsholm. Promising start for Charlie Atkinson but really everyone chipped in for Gloucester to pick up a first Premiership win in 100 days. Kirill Gotovtsev's scrum celebration should be a focus for all tightheads. #GLOvSAL https://t.co/s5hZzKCaHm https://t.co/D1jY9QxGnK
Gloucester broke their miserable run of nine consecutive Premiership defeats with a morale-boosting win over Sale at Kingsholm. https://t.co/FhXyjbW6gn
Gloucester 32 Sale Sharks 20 Ollie Thorley inspires Gloucester to first victory in 100 days and presses England claims with scintillating 75-metre solo try as visiting team are left to lament their own wretched form Tap for report by @ElganTimes ⬇️ https://t.co/ZFAIxz3LqU
⭐️ ROUND 12 MAN OF THE MATCH 🍒 George McGuigan secured Man of the Match in Gloucester's first Premiership win in 100 days. 💫 Andy Christie has been putting his hand up to start for Scotland in the upcoming Six Nations with an impressive performance against Exeter. https://t.co/foFswsThbQ
🏆 TITLE RACE 😇 Northampton have broken from the pack with 44 points. You suspect the Top 4 may be guaranteed... 🍒 Gloucester moving again with their first win in 100 days. 💫 A win for Saracens over Exeter sees them leapfrog the Chiefs into the Top 4. https://t.co/V3DA5fxqDQ
GLOUCESTER WIN!!! Their nine match losing streak finally comes to an end in the Premiership. Their last win in the Prem was all the way back on 20th October. George McGuigan with a Man of the Match performance. https://t.co/mV7t7IIQxH
Massive chance for Sale today to bounce back after a poor month of four losses in a row. A bonus-point win would see them jump into 4th place and level on points with Harlequins and Bath in 2nd and 3rd. #GallagherPrem
Bristol Bears have a way to go to get into contention but no question that Bristol is rugby’s capital city at present. Crowd support astonishing. Attendances booming.
🍒 The pressure piles back on Gloucester today. Another home game against a heavily depleted Sale side. Gloucester have had their own disruption with the departure of LRZ. Charlie Atkinson also makes his first Prem start at 10. Will it be their 10th Premiership loss in a row?