Gloucester 12 London Irish 18: match report Gloucester played like a side who had never met before and were heavily punished for errors close to their own line by two first-half tries from George Skivington which gave the Exiles their first win at Kingsholm in seven years. Skivington's first try, when he reached over from close range, was the Exiles" first in almost five hours of Premiership rugby. He followed up with a second two minutes before half-time when Shane Monahan failed to gather and was caught in possession a couple of yards from his own line. There was little for Mike Catt, England's attacking skills coach, to enthuse about particularly as Alex Corbisiero, who was due to make his first Premiership appearance of the season for the Exiles, failed a late fitness test on his knee injury. Corbisiero, who played in two of England's autumn internationals, has made just two appearances in the LV Cup for his club since he returned from England's summer tour to South Africa. Freddie Burns, who won his first cap against New Zealand, had a game he will want to forget. The fly-half kept Gloucester in the hunt by kicking four penalties but he was off target with two more and his attempts to attack from deep in defence helped to hand the initiative to the Exiles. The Exiles were more composed and controlled and deserved their first away league win of the season. Steve Shingler cancelled out Burns's early penalty and Skivington's first try rewarded the Exiles for a period of sustained pressure. His second was a gift from Monahan, who scored four tries the last time the sides met, and Gloucester could not penetrate the Premiership's leakiest defence. Burns nibbled away at the lead but the Exiles handed the kicking duties to Tom Homer after Shingler had put a long-range attempt wide and the full-back struck with his only kick eight minutes from time to clinch a famous victory. Tindall, like his horse, loves soft ground but even his direct approach failed to spark Gloucester, who could not have chosen a worse day to produce their poorest home display of the season. Around 30 of the club's greats, including England internationals Phil Blakeway, John Fidler and Mike Burton, lined up before kick-off to pay their respects to former captain Mike Nicholls, who died over the Christmas period. Nicholls, who played 483 matches in a 17-year career, led Gloucester to their first National Knockout Cup win and lost only 35 of his 154 matches as captain, few of them as tamely as this. Scores: 3-0 Burns pen, 3-3 Shingler pen, 3-8 Skivington try, 6-8 Burns pen, 6-13 Skivington try, 6-15 Shingler con, 9-15 Burns pen, 12-15 Burns pen, 12-18 Homer pen. Gloucester: R Cook; C Sharples, M Tindall (capt), B Twelvetrees, S Monahan; F Burns, J Cowan (D Robson 52); D Murphy (N Wood 52), H Edmonds (D Dawidiuk 62), S Knight, T Savage, W James, S Kalamafoni, A Qera (M Cox 52), B Morgan. London Irish: T Homer; J Joseph, S Tagicakibau, M Yarde; I Humphreys (S Geraghty 51), P Phibbs (J Moates 74); M Lahiff, D Paice (S Lawson 39), H Aulika (L Halavatau 69), G Skivington, B Evans (captain), M Garvey (J Gibson 74),J Sinclair, C Hala'ufia. Referee: D Rose (Plymouth).