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Article: Gloucester suffer play-off agony ; If support for the Guinness Premiership play-off format in the Gloucester area was scarce before yesterday, it is non-existent this morning.

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May 19, 2008
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If support for the Guinness Premiership play-off format in the Gloucester area was scarce before yesterday, it is non-existent this morning.

For a third season in six, Gloucester will not be crowned English champions despite topping the Premiership after the 22-game toil of the regular season.

They were undone by a combination of Leicester's dogged determination and their own shortcomings at Kingsholm yesterday, three times holding a nine-point advantage only to collapse under the weight of their own indecision.

Gloucester, outscored by two tries to one, led 12-3, 15-6 and 22- 13 before 10 unanswered points from the visitors gave them the advantage for the first time in the match with 10 ...

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