Gloucester play on

Gloucester have been cleared to take part in the Powergen Cup Final against Northampton on 5 April after the Rugby Football Union examined the circumstances of their semi-final win over Leicester.

Gloucester had front row injuries and could not field two props for those scrums, leading to the referee insisting on uncontested scrums.

The RFU issued a statement last night which said: "The issues under consideration were a technical interpretation of the regulations and of the laws of the game. Upon strict interpretation it was concluded that after lengthy deliberation that there was insufficient justification to alter the result of the game.

"The panel recommended that the competitions sub-committee and England Rugby Ltd conduct an urgent review of regulations surrounding front row replacements and uncontested scrums."