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Article: Rugby Union: Bristol see hard road to the big league Powergen Cup quarter-finals Underdogs show glimpses but are put in their place by show of force; Gloucester 21 Bristol 0 Tries: Gomarsall, Brown Con: Paul Pens: Paul 3 Half-time: 9-0 Attendance: 13,000
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2005
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It was supposed to have all the ingredients of a throwback to the
good old days. A classic West Country derby, a full house, a
particularly foul day, and a return to Kingsholm for Richard Hill,
the Bristol coach, who was director of rugby at Gloucester until the
Cherry and Whites decided that they preferred the French accent of
Philippe Saint-Andre to the Bath burr of Hill.
Alas there was no fairy-tale as Gloucester, with a little help
from the referee Steve Lander, ruthlessly extinguished any prospect
of a romantic afternoon. Manchester United and Exeter this was not.
The last time the clubs met here was in September 2002; Gloucester
went on to finish top of the Premiership, Bristol ...