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MARC JONES Bristol hooker RICHARD HIBBARD Gloucester hooker The battle of two fiercely committed warriors was won by Hibbard, who produced a man of the match performance. He kept Gloucester afloat in the first half with a huge tackling stint as Jones led his pack in driving relentlessly into the visitors. Jones pulled off a superb cover tackle on David Halaifonua but a couple of errant lineout throws from him proved costly.