Last-gasp Ackermann keeps Glos hopes alive

By ROGER PANTING

Streamlined: Jason Woodward dives over for Gloucester
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GLOUCESTER scored 21 points in the last nine minutes to keep their Premiership play-off hopes alive.
Ruan Ackermann’s try from a line-out drive was the last play of the game and it secured a vital bonus point, which moves Gloucester up to sixth, three points adrift of fourth placed Newcastle with only two games remaining.
Gloucester head coach, Johan Ackermann said: “The competition is so tight and every point is vital so that final try was massive, but we were our own worst enemie...

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