Assistant head coach Carl Hogg admits Gloucester will "relish" a home semi-final in the LV= Cup after thrashing London Irish.
Exiles boss Booth hoping his side can bounce back from heavy defeat
Assistant head coach Carl Hogg admits Gloucester will "relish" a home semi-final in the LV= Cup after thrashing London Irish to reach the last four.
The Cherry and Whites scored five tries in the opening half on their way to a 41-8 rout of their Aviva Premiership rivals at Kingsholm.
Wing Charlie Sharples got two and could have had a hat-trick if Irish wing Sailiosi Tagicakibau had not impeded him close to the line, the foul costing the Samoan 10 minutes in the sin-bin and also a penalty try.
Newport Gwent Dragons could be next up in the cup for Gloucester, provided the Welsh side beat compatriots Scarlets at Rodney Parade on Sunday.
Superb support
"We knew if we won today it would give us the opportunity to have a semi-final at home," Hogg said.
"Over the last two years we have been difficult to beat at Kingsholm. We have got a superb support here and we are looking forward to a full house.
"We don't know who we have yet but whoever it is, we will bring them to Kingsholm, hopefully in front of a full crowd, which will be something we will relish."
Gloucester were 29-3 up at half-time - with a bonus point secured - and added two further scores in the closing stages of a one-sided contest.
Hogg added: "When we had opportunities, we took them. The first half was very pleasing. It would have been nice to kick on in the second half.
"We made one or two substitutions and got played a bit out of our structure but pulled it back in the last five or 10 minutes.
"There was a mixture and variety of tries but the key thing was that we stuck to the script."
The two sides meet again in the Aviva Premiership on February 18 and London Irish head coach Toby Booth expects his side to be far more competitive.
Booth said: "It was a shell-shock first half. You have to give Gloucester credit for playing the way they did. They were obviously up for the game, got on a rollercoaster and didn't let it stop."
Focus
The Exiles had gone into the match knowing a convincing victory on their travels could have kept them in with a chance of topping their group.
"We spoke about this (match) during the week, and God forbid if it was a situation where people were not up for the game because that is a massive worry," added Booth.
"What is important for us is what comes next. This is finished and the Premiership has always been our focus and we have to be ready for next week. That is all that matters, how people bounce back.
"We have been going quite nicely in the last four or five weeks and we have come off the rail a bit."
