Gloucester Rugby cruised to a 31-07 win over the Scarlets in a Round 3 EPCR Challenge Cup match on Friday evening.
Having come into the starting lineup for Tomos Williams, young scrum-half Caolan Englefield burst over the line from close range with a dummy and dart to give the hosts the perfect start. The try was converted by Santiago Carreras to extend Gloucester's lead to 07-00.
Thirteen minutes later Gloucester extended their lead from a driving-maul line-out, with Jack Clement at the back to touch down, and Santi Carreras converted again.
George Barton then put his foot on the gas to slide over just after the half-hour mark to stretch Gloucester's lead to 19-00, which they kept up to the break.
Breaking off of a driving-maul line-out, hooker Seb Blake powered over to make it 24-0 after 50 minutes.
Scarlets finally got on the board with a slick score, Ioan Lloyd poking a grubber through before a quick offload from Taine Plumtree put Eddie James through for their first points of the night. Ioan Lloyd converted to cut Gloucester's lead to 24-07.
After three tries in the first half, Gloucester's Seb Blake secured the bonus point midway through the second half before Christian Wade finished an end-to-end try with seven minutes to play in the second half.
Capitalising on a loose ball, Christian Wade kicked and chased four times from inside his own 22, just getting a fingertip down on the ball after the final perfectly weighted nudge for a classic score.
The try sealed a 31-07 win for the hosts, with fly-half Santi Carreras being named Player of the Match.
Scorers:
Gloucester Rugby: Tries: Caolan Englefield, Jack Clement, George Barton, Seb Blake, Christian Wade. Conversions: Santiago Carreras (2), George Barton.
Scarlets: Try: Eddie James. Conversion: Ioan Lloyd.
Teams
Gloucester Rugby: 15 George Barton, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Max Llewellyn, 11 Josh Hathaway, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Caolan Englefield, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Freddie Thomas, 3 Ciaran Knight, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Mayco Vivas. Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Cameron Jordan, 20 Freddie Clarke, 21 Albert Tuisue, 22 Tomos Williams, 23 Charlie Atkinson.
Scarlets: 15 Ioan Lloyd, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Macs Page, 12 Eddie James, 11 Blair Murray, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Vaea Fifita, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Max Douglas, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Kemsley Mathias. Replacements: 16. Shaun Evans, 17. Alec Hepburn, 18. Gabe Hawley, 19. Sam Lousi, 20. Jarrod Taylor, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Joe Roberts, 23. Ioan Nicholas.