GLOUCESTER'S director of rugby David Humphreys refused to point the finger at his sin-binned number eight Ben Morgan after his team suffered an agonising late loss to the Leicester Tigers.

"It (yellow card) was a big decision," said Humphreys. "There was some contact, no question, but it certainly wasn't the reason we lost the game.

"If we look back at the game, it was very much in our control, but a couple of key errors at key points of the match meant we couldn't build the score.

"We got ourselves into a position to win the game. The first 15 minutes of the second half, we had a lot of territory and possession, but didn't manage to take those opportunities.

"Against the top teams, you have got to take opportunities as they came along in the opposition 22, and that probably shows the difference between a team in the top half of the table and a team that has been in the bottom half over the last couple of years."