Tailbacks Jerome Smith, Devante McFarlane and George Morris III combined to rush 120 yards on 25 carries, with Morris scoring on a nifty 39-yard run.

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Halfpenny was buzzing about the ball like a wasp around a picnic and he soon stung Gloucester a second time after Jamie Roberts and Shanklin combined in midfield to rip open the Gloucester defence following an initial Xavier Rush burst.

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Is it any wonder then that these breakthroughs combined with the high margins that existed because of the previous hand working era, caused a rush of entrants that saw an opportunity to earn a living comparable to their counterparts that had graduated from high school and college?

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