Gloucester 34 Toulouse 24:GLOUCESTER FLOORED Heineken Cup heavyweights Toulouse at Kingsholm after a brilliant performance inspired by their try-hungry backs.
Full-back Jonny May led the way with a double, while England wing Charlie Sharples and Fijian flanker Akapusi Qera also crossed and outhalf Freddie Burns booted 14 points. Four-time European champions Toulouse, though, still progress to the quarter-finals as Pool Six winners after Harlequins lost by a point against Connacht in Galway.
Wing Timoci Matanavou touched down twice for the visitors, while skipper Thierry Dusautoir scored early on and outhalf Lionel Beauxis added three conversions and a penalty. But they were outplayed by a Gloucester team that despite already being eliminated from the quarter-final equation, blew them apart.Gloucester delivered comfortably their best performance of the season, claiming a bonus point in the process. Toulouse will limp, rather than swagger, into the last eight.
GLOUCESTER: May; Sharples, Tindall, Fuimaono-Sapolu, Simpson-Daniel; Burns, R. Lawson; Wood, S. Lawson, Harden, Hamilton, Brown, Strokosch, Qera, Narraway. Replacements: Mills for Tindall (65), Lewis for R. Lawson (74), Murphy for Wood (71), Dawidiuk for S. Lawson (56), Knight for Harden (63), James for Brown (71), Cox for Qera (70).
TOULOUSE: Poitrenaud; Matanavou, Fritz, Jauzion, Medard; Beauxis, Burgess; Steenkamp, Servat, Johnston, Maestri, Albacete, Nyanga, Dustautoir, Picamoles. Replacements: Donguy for Poitrenaud (71), Doussain for Burgess (63), Human for Steenkamp (49), Poux for Johnston (55), Lamboley for Maestri (49), Bouilhou for Nyanga (60). Not Used: Tolofua, Sowerby.
Attendance: 13,077
Referee: George Clancy (RU).
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