Premiership: Gloucester 35-24 Newcastle Falcons - Lloyd Evans & Willi Heinz seal win

Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit scored a superb solo try for Gloucester, his second in the Premiership this season

Late tries from Lloyd Evans and Willi Heinz edged Gloucester to a 35-24 victory over Newcastle.

A frenetic start saw four tries in the opening 20 minutes, with Callum Chick's double and George McGuigan putting the away side in control.

Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit replied for the Cherry and Whites and Ruan Ackermann and Heinz scored early in the second half to level the scores.

Evans sprinted down the right and Heinz chased a chip through to win the game.

Newcastle had looked in control and took a commanding-looking 14-point lead into the break, their kicking game leading to three converted tries from close range.

Rees-Zammit, one of the stars for Wales in the Six Nations, beat three defenders to touch down one-handed in the corner to give Gloucester hope.

The home side then dominated the second half with Evans, who was also perfect from the tee, running in a carbon-copy of the Rees-Zammit try, and replacement Heinz chasing down an Ackermann kick late on for his second score.

Newcastle's only points of the second period was a Brett Connon penalty that briefly gave them a 24-21 lead.

Gloucester lost their England wing Jonny May to an ankle injury, Santiago Carreras his replacement on 22 minutes, but move above Newcastle into 10th in the Premiership table.

Gloucester: Moyle; Rees-Zammit, Harris, Atkinson, May; Evans, Varney; Ford-Robinson, Singleton, Balmain, Slater, Craig, Clement, Ludlow (capt), Ackermann.

Replacements: Socino, Stanley, Garvey, Reid, Heinz, Twelvetrees, Carreras, Maguire.

Newcastle Falcons: Penny; Wacokecoke, Orlando, Burrell, Obonna; Connon Young (capt); Davison, McGuigan, Mulipola, Peterson, Robinson, Welch, Graham, Chick#.

Replacements: Blamire, Brocklebank, Ah You, Fuser, Van der Walt, Schreuder, Flood, Lucock.

Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU).

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