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Nice headline!

Thanks..

Good day for the English - three from three...

Gloucester made it three from three with a sound performance based around a solid forward platform and a impeccable line-out.

24 wins on their own throw. Olivier Azam will be after a pay rise?

Well Biarritz didn't really out enough pressure on the opposition throw. But you've still got to hit them.

Did the referee break things up nicely then?

Whistle-kick-pass-breakdown-whistle. That was the sticky formula to a disappointing spectacle. But the referee did give us all a bit of entertainment with his howler for James Simpson-Daniel's try.

What did he get up to?

A Biarritz line-out was clearly spilled by Luke Narraway, but Peter Allan was the only man who didn't see it bounce back off the defenders boot, and the try was scored.

Shocker!

That was my reaction to Olly Barkley's tackling. He will once again be the focus of instense media criticism after his featherlite effort led to Biarritz's opening score. Fortunately he can kick!

And Biarritz?

Both teams lacked a killer instinct. Biarritz were unimaginative, ticked over the penalty count at every breakdown and relied too heavily on forward grunt rather than shipping the ball out wide to US sprint king Mr. Ngwenya.