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Gloucester Rugby could leapfrog top four rivals this weekend with a win over Sale on Saturday. Off the back of a comeback win at Northampton, the Cherry & Whites will be high on confidence going into this game. However, Gloucester head coach George Skivington is well aware of the threat posed by Sale’s Faf De-Klerk, […]
Gloucester’s Louis Rees-Zammit has been recalled to the Wales squad ahead of their Friday night encounter with France. It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks for the 21 year-old who was left disheartened after his omission from the Wales squad to face England in the previous round of the Six Nations. However, his performances have […]
Gloucester Rugby star man Mark Atkinson has been left in no-mans-land after being overlooked by England head coach Eddie Jones. With the Six Nations well underway, Atkinson, who has become a mainstay of the Gloucester Rugby setup, was surprisingly not selected to face Scotland, Italy or Wales. After travelling between camps, game time has been […]
The Cherry and Whites will be looking for a fifth win in a row when they travel down to Sandy Park this weekend for their round 16 match-up against Exeter Chiefs. George Skivingtons men are in immense form at the moment with them sitting high-up the table in third place. They’ve only had one loss […]
Last weekend saw the return of the Six Nations, and all those engrossed were treated to a thrilling round of action that saw a Calcutta Cup upset, Ireland dominate in Dublin and France flex their muscles against Italy. There were some stand out performances from Stuart Hogg, Marcus Smith and Mack Hansen to name a […]
British clubs’ fears of enduring a 48 hour quarantine on arrival in France have been assuaged after the French government announced they would relax restrictions for vaccinated British travellers from Friday. Bath, Sale, Newcastle and Scarlets all have games scheduled in France this weekend, but those matches were in serious doubt whilst France continued to […]
As we hit the mid-way point of the Gallagher Premiership season, Gloucester Rugby are sitting in a very commendable fourth place and they’ve already equalled the same amount of wins they got last season. With that being said it’s time for a look back over the fixtures that have been played up to now and […]
This weekend sees the return of European rugby and Gloucester find themselves back in the Challenge cup after being in the Champions Cup last year. They face a difficult task in round one as they come-up against fellow Challenge cup new comers in Lyon. The cherry and whites currently sit sixth in the Gallagher Premiership […]
University of Gloucestershire women’s rugby team captain Avy Devgun praised her side’s effort and organisation as they ran out 20-0 winners against Bath in the Cup on Wednesday. After drawing 17-17 first time around, UOG travelled south for the rematch, which resulted in a comfortable win for the visitors. Evie Trafford got them underway with […]
Gallagher Premiership Round 10 Gloucester v Bristol Venue: Kingsholm Kick-off: 19:45 Friday night sees the return of Premiership Rugby to Kingsholm, and the west-country derby has a lot more than just pride at stake. Gloucester will be hoping to pick up where they left off after back-to back wins in the cup against near neighbours […]