Gloucester lose West Country derby thriller
Exeter Chiefs beat West Country rivals Gloucester with the last kick of the match at Sandy Park. Bath lost 23-14 at Saracens.
Exeter Chiefs beat West Country rivals Gloucester with the last kick of the match at Sandy Park. Bath lost 23-14 at Saracens.
Cheltenham Town move up to fourth in League Two after a 1-0 win at Exeter. There were also wins for Yeovil and Swindon in League One.
Yeovil Town and Cheltenham Town have both secured play-off places in their respective divisions after wins today.
Cheltenham Town are preparing to welcome back their former manager, Martin Allen and his Gillingham side to Whaddon Road this weekend. Victory could move the Robins back into the League Two automatic promotion places.
Cheltenham Town manager, Mark Yates, admits that the club is below where it wants to sit in the League Two table and his team should be better placed than they currently are.
Cheltenham lost in the play-off final at Wembley last season and it now look as though they might be involved in the play-offs again, having fallen out of the the league's automatic promotion places.
The Robins have three games still to play, starting at home against League Two leaders, Gillingham, on Saturday. Yates says they still haven't given up hope of finishing the season strongly and achieving an automatic promotion berth.
Cheltenham Town midfielder, Marlon Pack, says the Robins need to win all three of their remaining League Two fixtures if they are to stand a chance of achieving automatic promotion.
Cheltenham occupy fifth place in the table - a play-off position - and host league league leaders Gillingham at Whaddon Road on Saturday. The fixture is given extra spice by the return of former Cheltenham manager, Martin Allen, who left the club under a cloud in 2009 and now manages Gillingham.
Bristol City lost at Burnley, despite taking the lead. There were wins for Yeovil and Bristol Rovers, but it was a defeat for Cheltenham.
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Bath's hopes of winning the European Challenge Cup - a competition they last won 5 years ago - were dashed by a strong Stade Francais team.
Star of the show was Fijian Waisea Vuidarvuwalu who scored two first half tries and had a hand in the others.
The French side led 20-3 at the break, so it was important for Bath to get an early second-half score. They did - from a penalty try.
But Stade weren't going to let the hosts back into the game. Hugo Bonneval restored their cushion, and the same player killed the game off when he crossed the line again just two minutes later.
The scoreline was made more respectable when Michael Claassens and Jack Cuthbert scored two late tries, but it's the Frenchmen who go through to the semi-final.
Bristol City's now desperate bid to avoid relegation from the Championship continues at Burnley.
They're seven points adrift at the bottom of the table with six games to play.
But Head Coach Sean O'Driscoll wouldn't be drawn on whether City's fate is already sealed. Instead, he had this to say about tomorrow's match:
Yeovil Town are hoping to improve their chances of making the play offs.
The Glovers are hosting Shrewsbury at Huish Park tomorrow with League One's top scorer Paddy Madden looking to add to his tally of 22 goals so far. They'll be marking their tenth anniversary of their entry into the Football League. Manager Gary Johnson believes it's possible to make the next step.
All our league sides have been in action today. Yeovil, Cheltenham and Bristol Rovers all won, but Bristol City drew and Swindon lost.
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Gloucester came from behind to beat Premiership champions Harlequins on Friday night, while Bath also won on Saturday afternoon.
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Not a good start to the Easter weekend with defeats for Bristol City and Cheltenham, and draws for Swindon, Yeovil and Bristol Rovers.
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