Gloucester edge Edinburgh in stormy conditions

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Gloucester (7) 15

Tries: Blake, Tuisue Cons: Carreras Pens: Carreras

Edinburgh (7) 10

Tries: Goosen Cons: Thompson Pens: Healy

Gloucester got their European Challenge Cup campaign off to a winning start with a dogged 15-10 victory against Edinburgh in tough conditions at Kingsholm.

Seb Blake powered over from a driving maul to give Gloucester the lead under challenging swirling wind and rain, before Wes Goosen ran over to level the score shortly before the break.

A Santiago Carreras penalty kick pushed the Cherry and Whites further ahead before Albert Tuisue scored their second try, as a stifled Edinburgh had two players sin-binned.

A last-second penalty kick from Ben Healy came too late for the Scottish side as Gloucester's defence held them out, but ensured Edinburgh took away a losing bonus point from the match.

More to follow.

Gloucester: Carreras; Wade, Harris, Llewellyn, Hathaway; Anscombe, Englefield; Rapava-Ruskin, Blake, Gotovtsev; Clark, Alemanno, Thomas, Ludlow (c), Ackermann.

Replacements: Singleton, Knight, Fasogbon, Taylor, Tuisue, Chapman, Butler, Barton.

Edinburgh: Goosen; McCann, Currie, Tuipulotu, Sweeney; Thompson, Shiel; Venter, Harrison, Hill, Sykes, Skinner, Dodd, Douglas, Bradbury (c).

Replacements: Cherry, Jones, Rae, Carmichael, McConnell, McAlpine, Healy, Lang.

Sin-bin: Dodd (51 mins), Sykes (60 mins).

Referee: Ludovic Cayre.