Newcastle resist fightback as Billies’ boots fail to convert Gloucester tries

• Gloucester 20-21 Newcastle• Burns and Twelvetrees miss vital kicks as Falcons settle in top fourThe unthinkable becomes ever more likely. Newcastle claimed their sixth away win of the season to strengthen their position in the top four. They rode the loss of Toby Flood on the day to confound a Gloucester team who have designs themselves on those unfamiliar uplands of the Premiership and didn’t have to travel the length of the country to gain them. They came away with two bonus points and will bemoan the failure of the Billies, Burns and Twelvetrees, to land any of the conversions to their fo…