| Gallagher Premiership |
|---|
| Lon Irish (10) 24 |
| Tries: Hassell-Collins 4 Cons: Myler 2 |
| Gloucester (3) 20 |
| Tries: Chapman, Thorley, Rees-Zammit Con: Twelvetrees Pen: Twelvetrees |
Ollie Hassell-Collins scored four tries as London Irish leapfrogged Gloucester to move into the Premiership top six.
The England Under-20s winger scored a quick-fire double in the first half to help the Exiles into a 10-3 lead.
The 21-year-old then intercepted and raced 60m for his hat-trick score before Gloucester hit back with tries from Charlie Chapman and Ollie Thorley.
Hassell-Collins’ fourth made it 24-15 but a late try for Louis Rees-Zammit gave Gloucester a losing bonus point.
It was a third league defeat in a row for the visitors though, while the Exiles surged to a third straight win.
More to follow.
London Irish: Loader; Williams, Rona, Hepetema, Hassell-Collins; Myler, Phipps; Hobbs-Awoyemi, Matu’u, Hoskins, Coleman, Van der Merwe (capt), Rogerson, Cowan, Tuisue.
Replacements: Fainga’a, Elrington, Kepu, Mafi, Donnell, Meehan, Campbell, Stokes.
Gloucester: Banahan; Rees-Zammit, Twelvetrees, Atkinson, Thorley; Cipriani, Chapman; Hohneck, Gleave, Balmain, Slater, Mostert (capt), Clarke, Ludlow, Ackermann.
Replacements: Walker, Rapava-Ruskin, Knight, Morgan, Hinkley, Varney, Evans, Seabrook.
Referee: Luke Pearce.
