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Substitute fly-half AJ Macginty, missed a last minute penalty to extend Bristol’s winless run and leave them joint bottom of the Gallagher Premiership on 17 points , alongside Newcastle Falcons and London Irish. Star centre Semi Radradra made his much anticipated return to the side and immediately had an impact, scoring the first try of […]
Jack Singleton’s early try was cancelled out by a quick-fire Tommy Freeman double that put the Saints in front. Chris Harris and Santiago Carreras responded with tries of their own to give the Cherry and Whites a 21-12 half-time lead. After Fraser Balmain secured the hosts bonus point-score, the home side saw the game out […]
Gloucester-Hartpury welcomed the Bears to the Alpas Arena with a 36-5 thrashing in round two of the Allainz Premier 15s campaign. All eyes are on the Gloucester side in this season’s Allianz Premier 15s campaign, as they comfortably sit at the top of the table as the only team to have won all their games […]
With both Worcester Warriors and Wasps entering administration within the space of two weeks, Jordan fears players’ careers could end at any point. “it’s a very unusual season, a unique one with what has happened.” “It makes the fact very real that this could all end at any point. You are grateful that you still […]
Gloucester Rugby’s George Barton was captain for the day in Saturday’s hard-fought win over Bristol after a quick start. Gloucester have been slow starters in their two games before this, trailing 7-24 to Newcastle Falcons and 24-10 to Sale at Half Time. This has been something the Cherry and Whites planned on improving. “We haven’t […]
Wayne Pivac has once again named local sensation Louis Rees-Zammit at fullback in their match against familiar foes Georgia. The Gloucester Rugby star who has featured mostly on the wing for the Cherry and Whites will be looking for further improvement after a strong showing at 15 vs Argentina. The youngster did however played at […]
Newcastle Falcons won their second game of the season in an upset against Gloucester at the Kingsholm Stadium. This was a third home defeat for George Skivington’s side this season. A disappointing first half for the home side left them 17 points down at half time, a deficit that was too great to overcome despite […]
After what was a successful season last year that saw the Leicester Tigers win the Premiership, Steve Borthwick is now feeling the consequences of success. As the Premiership launched with 13 teams and 26 rounds of fixtures, there were always going to be some international clashes with the Tigers feeling the pain more than most. […]
Despite the resounding 17-0 win over rivals Gloucester Old Boys on Saturday, Old Patesians winger Joe McDean is very aware that there plenty more challenges lying in wait for the Cheltenham based side in their quest for promotion this season. After dropping down three leagues over the summer in wake of multiple player departures, the […]
Bristol Bears’ ill-discipline cost them dear as Saracens produced a dominant second-half performance to remain at the top of the Gallagher Premiership, Tries from substitutes Harry Thacker and Jonathan Benz-Solomon were ultimately in vain as a brilliant try from Bristol-bound Max Malins and six Alex Goode penalties extended the league leaders unbeaten run. Bristol Head […]