Aviva Premiership

Gloucester 13 Newcastle 18

NEWCASTLE Falcons secured a second Aviva Premiership win of the season as they surprised Gloucester with an 18-13 win at Kingsholm.

The scores were level at the break with Gloucester back-row Ross Moriarty getting their only try of the match, which fly-half Billy Burns converted. Burns also added a penalty and Scottish international Greig Laidlaw kicked a second-half penalty.

Newcastle withstood persistent pressure and scored a first-half try from centre Dominic Waldouck that was converted by fly-half Mike Delany.

Delany added two penalties, while Alex Tait scored the all-important second Falcons try in the second-half.

Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys could not hide his bitter disappointment at the loss which puts his side a place below the Falcons in the table.

The Cherry and Whites now head towards a battle royale with their arch rivals Bath at Kingsholm next Saturday.

Humphreys said: "Today, we dominated territory and possession but then we dropped the ball and kicked the ball away. I'm bitterly disappointed.

"In this competition, these opportunities have to be taken and credit to Newcastle, they took their opportunities.

"Ultimately, we could not find a way to win the game. It is really frustrating because over the past two weeks, parts of our game have been very good.

"At key moments in the game, we lost line-outs when we could have put Newcastle under pressure. They defended and absorbed brilliantly."