Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys praised his side's character after they secured a nail-biting 40-32 win over Connacht after extra time at Kingsholm.

Charlie Sharples, Bill Meakes, Ross Moriarty, Darren Dawiduik and Jonny May scored tries for Gloucester with Greig Laidlaw adding two penalties and three conversions. James Hook also kicked a penalty.

Matt Healy (two), John Cooney and Jack Carty were the Connacht try scorers with the latter kicking two penalties and three conversions.

Humphreys said: "What a game to sum up, we made more mistakes today than we have over the last six months but once again we showed our never-say-die character.

"We've had a lot of tight games recently and, in close games, we rely on our experienced players to make big decisions at crucial times.

"I thought we had lost it and all credit to Connacht who have had a number of hard games recently, they were fully committed throughout."

The highlight of the game was Gloucester's match-winning try from May, which saw the wing beat five opponents before passing and then later receiving the ball to run 30 metres and finish off a 90-metre move.

Humphreys said: "It was a moment of individual brilliance for a remarkable try.

"I have run out of superlatives for him, he's an X factor player and if England want to win a World Cup, I think it would be very hard for them to leave him out."