Gloucester is not going to abandon their new expansive model of play, says director of rugby George Skivington – regardless of their third loss in 4 video games this Premiership season.
The Cherry and Whites scored three trendy tries however conceded eight – together with six within the second half – to lose 55-31 to Tub at a sold-out Kingsholm on Saturday.
Whereas Gloucester beat Bristol in a high-scoring thriller at Ashton Gate, they’ve additionally misplaced to Saracens and Sale after ending ninth final season within the desk.
“We’re not going to drag away from it, I believe we’ll be a bit extra respectful of it after this sport,” Skivington informed BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
“There’s tons we should be higher at however we’re dedicated to taking part in this fashion so we’ll proceed.”
Gloucester applied the brand new strategy this summer time, spearheaded by assault coach James Lightfoot-Brown.
They’ve scored 128 factors to date – averaging 32 factors a sport throughout 4 matches – however have conceded 162, greater than some other staff within the league.
Tomos Williams and Charlie Atkinson each capped off spectacular flowing passages of operating play to attain tries as Gloucester went in at half-time 24-17 forward in opposition to Tub.
Nonetheless, Skivington pointed to his assault for being at fault for 4 of Tub’s second-half tries as they pushed for one more rating.
Their line-out was additionally a major weak spot, with solely a 58% success price whereas Gloucester additionally conceded 11 penalties.
“Tub scored not less than 4 tries off us making a incorrect resolution in assault and being reckless quite than organised,” Skivington stated.
“We have got to kind our line-out – our maul and scrum was really excellent however if you happen to choke up six line-outs, that is lots of possession in key spots.”
