Identifying the problem areas, Skivington said: "It was various things and it is disappointing because we have spoken in the offseason about discipline. The Cherry and Whites improved their discipline after the break, conceding 12 penalties in the first half and a further five after the break but by that point much of the damage had been done. While a team should not be judged too harshly on their pre-season form, that means Gloucester are conceding 36 points a game on average this season after four games which will no doubt be on the mind of defence coach Dom Waldouck. Whether Gloucester's defence 'looked good' is debatable as the Cherry and Whites conceded another 34 points to add to the 110 points they conceded during the three pre-season games to Championship opposition.
"Away from that I was pretty pleased with how the game went, I thought there were good attacking moments, our D looked good and our setpiece looked good but it is too hard in this league to give away that many penalties." It is very hard to do that in the Premiership "We were not where I thought we were at discipline wise, we gave away two yellow cards, and Saints capitalised on it. "We were doing some really good stuff but we just took the pressure off Saints by conceding penalties and they took advantage of it. Head coach George Skivington said: “If you give away 12 penalties in the first half, that sucks the energy out of you and realistically you have no chance of winning. Gloucester were unfortunate to come away with nothing as they were committed for the whole 80 minutes but their lack of discipline - losing Jack Clement and Jack Singleton to the sin-bin and the malfunction of their line-out - proved their undoing. Injury-ravaged Gloucester went down 34-20 to Northampton Saints on Saturday, who got their Premiership season off to a winning start in a lively game at Franklin’s Gardens.ĭepleted Gloucester contributed fully to the entertainment but two yellow cards and a high penalty count against them proved costly. Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice
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