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Manu Tuilagi will miss England’s clash with Wales at Twickenham after sustaining a hamstring injury in training, whilst Gloucester’s Louis Rees-Zammit has been dropped by Wales. Tuilagi’s replacement in the England starting team on Saturday will be confirmed on the day, with Joe Marchant recalled to the squad. Courtney Lawes will resume captaincy duties for […]
Gloucester name Mark Atkinson and Louis Rees-Zammit in their matchday squad to travel to Gallagher Premiership leaders Leicester Tigers on Saturday Atkinson will start at inside-centre, while Rees-Zammit is named on the bench in a side that has five changes from their previous defeat to Exeter Chiefs in Round 17. Louis Rees-Zammit’s availability came as […]
The University of Gloucestershire men’s rugby team have begun preparations ahead of their Varsity bout against the University of Worcester in April. It was Worcester who came out on top on rival territory last year as they won at Plock Court in Gloucester. Hooker Noah Jenkins cast his mind back to that game but is […]
It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit, who started the Six Nations tournament as one-to-watch and was touted as a contender for the tournament’s top try-scorer. Fast forward to Wednesday this week, and the 21-year-old finds himself back at Gloucester with his club side preparing for their Premiership clash with […]
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 […]
Harry Randall will make his first Six Nations start this Sunday as Head Coach Eddie Jones has made eight changes from last weekend’s Calcutta Cup defeat. Ben Youngs has been dropped to the bench, while Joe Marchant moves in one position to outside-centre as Jack Nowell takes his place on the wing. Sam Simmonds has […]
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 […]
Chris Harris will start for Scotland in their Six Nations opener against England – but there will be no Gloucester rivalry in the Calcutta Cup as Centre Mark Atkinson has been left out of Eddie Jones’ squad. Harris has made 31 appearances for Scotland since making his debut in 2017, and will line up at […]
The 36-man squad, including uncapped players, have been named for the championship taking place in February and March. Three uncapped players make an appearance for the squad this year which include: Dewi Lake (hooker), Jac Morgan (back row) and James Ratti (back row). The squad contains 20 forwards including Wyn Jones, Gareth Thomas, Aaron Wainwright, […]
This weekend we have the third round of the Heineken Champions Cup where plenty of English teams are in action across the continent. Cardiff take on Harlequins tonight, the Welsh side currently sit bottom of Pool B having been winless in their first two games, while Quins sit top with two wins from their two […]