From the match programme:-
"The fifth invader"
"Newport are the fifth Welsh team to visit Kingsholm in the last month, which must be as stern a baptism as any English team has had, so far this season."
"The boys from Monmouthshire are always welcome, of course. In fact it would be difficult to imagine a Gloucester season without them. Remember some of the tussles of the past? The elegant Ken Jones? The epic encounter between Mike Burton and Colin Smart a few seasons ago? Bob Clewes' opportunist try, score a couple of years back, before the echoes of the ref's starting whistle had died away?"
"I don't suppose you'll need much reminding of last season's record, which started at Rodney Road, on the equivalent Saturday to this one, with the heaviest defeat Gloucester endured all year - 38-6 if memory serves, and ended at Kingsholm on the day after Boxing Day with Gloucester having the edge in a 13-11 scoreline."
"As it happens, that thrashing at Newport led to a drastic re-think and an immediate victory over Pontypool, the brushing aside of Nottingham, and the six-try win over Leicester, so perhaps we have something to thank Newport for after all."
"Over the previous few years Newport were going through the sort of lean spell which afflicts all clubs at some time or other, but it looks as though that period is now well and truly behind them. Based where they are, that can't be anything but good for both Welsh and West Country Rugby."
"Newport - we're glad to see you back for the next installment in our long-running serial. As far as Gloucester is concerned, it can run for ever."
"Tailpiece"
"There we were, at the County match on Saturday. The excitement was intense. The ball flashed along the Gloucestershire three-quarters, the full back came into the line at just the right moment, with the try line at his mercy. He accepted a perfect pass and - dropped it."
"Voice from the Worcester Street end: 'Hey Rafter - you want some b****y chalk on your Cue!' "
"PETER ARNOLD"