{"id":602262,"date":"2025-11-29T23:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/602262\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:47:15","slug":"gallagher-prem-gloucester-beat-harlequins-for-first-win-of-season-as-bristol-bears-hammer-northampton-saints-after-early-red-rugby-union-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/602262\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallagher Prem: Gloucester beat Harlequins for first win of season as Bristol Bears hammer Northampton Saints after early red | Rugby Union News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gloucester beat Harlequins 26-15 at Kingsholm to record their first Prem win of the season at the sixth attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Full-back Ben Redshaw stole the show with two tries as Gloucester triumphed for the first time in league action since May.<\/p>\n<p>Flanker Lewis Ludlow and wing Ollie Thorley also crossed for George Skivington&#8217;s team, securing a bonus-point success complemented by fly-half Ross Byrne kicking three conversions.<\/p>\n<p>Quins, whose England star Marcus Smith endured a frustrating afternoon, trailed by only two points at the interval, but could not add to touchdowns from wing Cadan Murley and skipper Alex Dombrandt, with Smith adding a conversion and penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors produced only occasional glimpses of their trademark attacking game, and second-half inaccuracy cost them dearly as Gloucester eased home without remotely hitting top gear.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester dominated early possession, but Harlequins struck first when Murley finished with ease from Evans&#8217; pinpoint pass for a 10th\u2011minute lead.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester hit back immediately as Redshaw dazzled with a solo try, beating three tacklers and sidestepping a fourth, with Byrne adding the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quins regrouped despite losing prop Titi Lamositele, with Dombrandt scoring his 50th Premiership try and Smith adding the extras for a 12\u20117 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Handling errors stalled Gloucester, yet Rodrigo Isgro&#8217;s reckless kick gifted Ludlow a try on his 250th appearance, Byrne converting for a 14\u201112 half\u2011time lead.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-lewis-ludlow-gloucester_7095634.jpg\"   alt=\"Lewis Ludlow secure Gloucester's half-time lead at Kingsholm\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Lewis Ludlow secure Gloucester&#8217;s half-time lead at Kingsholm<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester struck again on the hour mark as Redshaw pounced for his second try and Byrne&#8217;s conversion left Quins floundering.<\/p>\n<p>Smith narrowed the gap with a penalty, but Thorley&#8217;s sharp finish in the corner restored Gloucester&#8217;s grip on the game, and they held firm to deny Quins a losing bonus point and finally ignite their Premiership campaign with a morale-boosting win.<\/p>\n<p>Northampton unbeaten start halted at Bristol <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-edoardo-todaro-northampton_7096049.jpg\"   alt=\"Edoardo Todaro of Northampton Saints is sent to sin bin during the Gallagher PREM match between Bristol Bears and Northampton Saints at Asht\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Edoardo Todaro was shown a 20-minute red card for a reckless aerial challenge on Sam Worsley<\/p>\n<p>Northampton&#8217;s unbeaten start to the season came to a shuddering halt as they were blown away 46-12 by impressive Bristol at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n<p>Saints lost Edoardo Todaro to a first-minute red card and it was downhill all the way after that as Bristol ran in six tries.<\/p>\n<p>Scrum-half Kieran Marmion scored two and Tom Jordan, Kalaveti Ravouvou, Aidan Boshoff and Luka Ivanishvili also crossed, with Sam Worsley kicking five conversions and two penalties.<\/p>\n<p>JJ van der Mescht and Tom Litchfield scored Northampton&#8217;s tries, one of which Fin Smith converted.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-aidan-boshoff-bristol_7096054.jpg\"   alt=\"Aidan Boshoff of Bristol Bears celebrates his try against Northampton\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Aidan Boshoff of Bristol Bears celebrates his try against Northampton<\/p>\n<p>Saints endured a nightmare start as Italy wing Todaro was sent off for a dangerous aerial challenge on Worsley.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol immediately capitalised, Marmion darting over from a quick tap penalty. Jordan soon added another, running a sharp angle off James Williams, before Harry Thacker&#8217;s burst and slick inter-passing allowed Marmion his second.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing Jack Bates to injury, replaced by Louis Rees\u2011Zammit, Bristol&#8217;s momentum continued. Van Rensburg&#8217;s crunching tackle freed Ravouvou to race 45 metres for a stunning score, and Boshoff&#8217;s try completed a dominant 35\u20110 half-time lead.<\/p>\n<p>Saints responded after the break through Van der Mescht&#8217;s powerful finish, but Worsley&#8217;s penalty kept Bristol clear.<\/p>\n<p>Litchfield chased George Furbank&#8217;s kick for a second Saints try, yet Worsley added another penalty and Ivanishvili&#8217;s line\u2011out drive sealed Bristol&#8217;s emphatic superiority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gloucester beat Harlequins 26-15 at Kingsholm to record their first Prem win of the season at the sixth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-602262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115635660670017511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}