Gloucester 90-7 Rovigo

Gloucester (54) 90
Tries: Hazell, Simpson-Daniel 2, Burns , penalty, May 3, Morgan 2, Vainokolo 2, Trinder, Sharples
Cons: Burns 9, Robinson

Rovigo (0) 7
Tries: Bustos Cons: Bustos

Jonny May was one of a number of Gloucester youngsters on show

Gloucester humiliated Italian side Rovigo as they notched up 14 tries for a huge European Challenge Cup win.

Andy Hazell scored first ahead of James Simpson-Daniel's first-half brace and tries by Freddie Burns, Jonny May, Olly Morgan, Lesley Vainikolo and a penalty.

Vainikolo crossed again straight after the break, May added two more, Morgan completed a brace before Henry Trinder and Charlie Sharples scored theirs.

Replacement fly-half German Bustos converted his own try for the visitors.

Gloucester atoned in style for their last-gasp 26-19 European Challenge Cup defeat by Agen a week earlier.

Cherry and Whites coach Bryan Redpath told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
"I'm certainly not going to get carried away with a 90-point win because sometimes games like this are harder to play.

"We said at half time that we needed to keep the momentum going and stick to the basic things we know and I was also really happy with the way the subs came on and did the same.

"There were some really great displays of team work, like Lesley Vainikolo's try just before half time, while Henry Trinder passed the ball like all he was thinking about was the team and not himself and that really pleased me."

Gloucester: Morgan; Simpson-Daniel, Trinder, May, Vainikolo; Burns, Lewis; Dickinson, Lawson, Doran-Jones; Hamilton, Brown; Strokosch, Hazell, Narraway (capt).
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Wood, Capdevielle, Buxton, Deacon, Pasqualin, Robinson, Sharples.

Rovigo: Basson; Bacchetti, Lunardon, Zarattini, Stanojevic; Duca, Zanirato; Quaglio, Damiano, Golfetti, Reato, Tumiati, Anouer, Montauriol, Guzman.
Replacements: Mahoney, Dolcetto, Boccalon, Barion, Persico, Bustos, De Gasperi, Zorzi.

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France).

Attendance: 9,204.