Irish on the attack again as van Zyl makes a mockery of his opposite number with some quick feet. The hosts now 5m out.

Trinder makes a clever break for Marshall to finish but the referee goes upstairs and spots a previous obstruction and the try is disallowed

Lovely handling from Gloucester as they make their way deep into Irish's 22 but unfortunate knock-on gives Irish a platform to clear their lines

Burns gets the second half underway and van Zyl finds touch on halfway

HT here and not a lot to separate the two sides. The hosts came out with all guns blazing from the start dominating the game for the first 30 minutes. McNally got the try-scoring underway for Irish followed by another from Piet van Zyl after 18 minutes. Gloucester came into the game the first 30 minutes scoring 3 tries in ten minutes from Hanson, Marshall and Ludlow bringing the halftime score to 17-19.

Gloucester's Trinder turns the ball over and Heinz sends it downfield with the box kick

The home side have an attacking scrum on Gloucester's 22. They will really be chasing a score before the halftime whistle

Counterattacking brilliance from the visitors lead by a chip and chase from Heinz for Ludlow to finish in the corner

Tom Marshall gets over after Twelvetrees nicesly creates a gap in the middel of the park

Gloucester looking ominous as they make their way into the Irish 22 again