By ROGER PANTING

BEN VELLACOTT enlivened a miserable afternoon at Kingsholm to get Gloucester off to a flying start in the Premiership Cup.
Callum Braley has recently been preferred to Vellacott for the scrumhalf berth but a superb first half performance from the 23-year-old Vellacott reminded coach Johan Ackermann of his undoubted talent.
Vellacott helped his side build up a 24-0 winning lead and when he was substituted at half-time, the game died as a spectacle. Gloucester’s head of academy Richard Whiffin said: “Ben was superb, he has that x-factor and was undoubtedly the d...