Gloucester go back to Italy call roots for dogged win

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER
GLOUCESTER dispelled memories of last week’s abject defeat at Leicester with an old-style victory at a roaring Kingsholm against a Saracens team who are beginning to find it hard going during the Six Nations period.
It was the champions’ second defeat on the trot and it was also the first occasion this season that they have failed to gain even a bonus point from a game.
For a spell midway through the second half it looked as though they might pull this one out of the fire but from the moment the scores were levelled up 23-23 just after the hour it was Glouce...

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