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Week five of the 2023/24 Premiership Rugby season gets underway with one of the fiercest rivalries in English domestic rugby, as Gloucester hosts bitter rivals Bath in the West Country derby at Kingsholm. In a rivalry that has spanned over decades, Bath came away with the bragging rights the last time these two met, beating […]
After a big boom in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, there was a big rise in the number of spectators for Wheelchair Rugby. In 2020, Great Britain won gold in Tokyo which Finn Lusty believes gave the sport a massive boost. “In 2020 in Tokyo we won gold which then gave us a lot […]
Gloucester Rugby come into this in great form winning their first two games in the Premiership against Newcastle Falcons and Harlequins. The Cherry and Whites are also unbeaten over the season with them not losing a game in the premiership cup where a couple of sides had slip-ups against the Championship sides and one of them […]
Stroud Rugby make the short trip down to Cheltenham to play Coney Hill in the Counties 2 Tribute Gloucestershire North. Both sides arrive into match week six line of stern in the league table sat fifth and sixth respectively with Coney Hill the benefactor. Coney Hill went on an impressive run of four wins in […]
With the first match for Gloucester in the 2023/24 premiership due to kick off tomorrow at 2pm at Kingsholm. The teams have been announced and the build-up has begun. Coming into the match with a good track record, Gloucester have set high expectations having beaten Harlequins 25-17 three weeks ago. In their last match before […]
One Cherry and Whites man will be watching from the bench while another earns himself a fourth consecutive start. Authority is on show in the England camp, a starting XV mainstay has been pushed to the perimeter of the matchday squad. This weekend is match week four of the 2023 Six Nations competition, from crucial […]
Following an inury in the autumn internationals whilst playing for Scotland, Adam Hastings suffered another spell on the sidelines with a shoulder injury that required surgery, in the 28-13 defeat to Leicester Tigers. His role was more crucial this campaign, Hastings was due to lead the Cherry and White’s attack alongside Mark Atkinson, unfortunately the […]
Gloucester Rugby will look to leapfrog Northampton in the Premiership table when they face the Saints at Franklins Gardens on Saturday. The Cherry & Whites moved back into the top four last weekend, with a bonus point win over Harlequins at Kingsholm, and face a similarly difficult game this weekend. Northampton are one of the […]
George Skivington’s Gloucester Rugby will host the Harlequins at the Kingsholm tonight in a fifth and sixth place thriller in the 17th round of the Premiership. Neither side has played in a few weeks whilst the Six Nations has been taking place, and this game may be a significant decider for where the sides finish […]
Six Nations returns this weekend, with England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland having already released their teams. Five Gloucester Rugby players have been included in international squad’s ahead of the tournament. The five selected players have been picked by the four nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Italy. England have brought in a new coaching setup […]