Gloucester 34 Biarritz 41: match report A rare miss with the boot by Dimitri Yachvili, proved a let-off for Gloucester who eventually took the lead courtesy of a penalty from Freddie Burns. A Damien Traille dropped goal redressed the balance, shortly after, but when Burns spotted a 14th-minute overlap on the left, Mike Tindall was presented with the most simple of touchdowns. Biarritz, whose preparations had been hampered by a bout of mumps within the squad, cut the deficit with a Yachvili penalty, after Gloucester prop Chistolini had been yellow carded for tackling Raphael Lakafia without the ball. Although Burns kicked a penalty 14 minutes from the break, Biarritz found themselves 13 points clear at the interval courtesy of two tries from the France Under-20 wing Teddy Thomas. A stray kick from Burns, after 23 minutes, left Gloucester short on numbers on the right and Thomas duly strolled over for a try which Yachvili converted. Then, with Britton in the bin for a dangerous tackle on the former France scrum-half, Thomas added his second courtesy of Yachvili's measured cross-field punt. After referee John Lacey went off injured, Biarritz themselves to a third try, this time from hooker Arnaud Héguy. Burns converted a penalty to ease the pain, but Gloucester had been made to pay for their indiscipline with Biarritz all but home and dry at the interval. Burns added his fourth penalty early into the second half, but after missing a fifth, Takudzwa Ngwenya sent in Benoît Baby for a converted try and Seremaia Burotu was driven over for his side's fifth try five minutes from time. Shane Monahan and Huia Edmonds crossed for late consolation tries for Gloucester but it was too little too late.