Champions Cup: Edinburgh deny Gloucester in comeback victory as Bath beat Castres to close on winning Pool Two

Edinburgh staged a second-half comeback to pick up a hard-fought 26-24 win over Gloucester in the Champions Cup and consigned the visitors to a fifth straight defeat.

It took three minutes for the hosts to take the lead when Josh Hathaway ran over for the first points and George Barton's penalty a little over 10 minutes later gave Gloucester an eight-point advantage.

Edinburgh responded with their first try in the 17th minute courtesy of Ben Vellacott's brilliant solo try to cut the deficit to three points which was quickly cancelled out by Barton's second penalty of the half.

Gloucester capped off a brilliant half with their second try of the match as Charlie Atkinson chased a kick and managed to get it down over the whitewash before it bounced out of play.

Edinburgh got themselves back in the game through Ewan Ashman but Barton's third penalty took Gloucester's advantage to nine.