Lung-busting Simpson double still not enough

By ROGER PANTING

Breakthrough: Joe Simpson dives over for Gloucester’s first try
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Ball skills: Thomas Ramos was in fine form

EVEN two brilliant tries from scrum-half weren’t enough to get Gloucester’s European campaign off to a winning start.
Simpson’s remarkable first half efforts gave his side a fighting chance but the Toulouse pack held too many guns and eventually the French side ran out deserved winners.
Simpson was unlucky to finish up on the losing side for in a ten minute spell, he scooted 55 metres for the first before running f...

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