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Bristol Bears will host Sale Sharks at Ashton Gate as the fifth week of the 2023/24 Premiership Rugby season rolls around. Bristol took two wins in as many games to open up the season, but a narrow loss to Harlequins at home and an away defeat at the hand of Exeter Chiefs means the Bears […]
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 […]
Bristol Bears head coach Pat Lam says his side need to cut out their handling errors ahead of Sunday’s encounter with Exeter Chiefs. The Bears lost last week against Harlequins with only 90 seconds to spare, as Jarrod Evan’s slotted a late penalty, to lose despite dominating for the majority of the second half. The […]
Wednesday night saw Hartpury University rugby claim their third win of the season in the BUCS Women’s National League. Hannah Kibble was ‘100% proud of the team’ who had a mixture of first team regulars and Gloucester-Hartpury players in their XV. A comfortable 44-12 win for Hartpury was a great opportunity “to gel in with […]
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 […]
“I’d do anything for these boys” said University of Gloucestershire number 8, Dan Page even after his team were thrashed by local rivals Hartpury. The Gloucestershire University rugby team were beaten 55-0 by a well drilled Hartpury side at Plock Court on Wednesday. First year student Page, who attended and captained Pembroke College, played a […]
Gloucester Rugby full back Santiago Carreras will start at ten tonight in Argentina’s third place play off verses England at Stade de France. Carreras and his Argentinian teammates will look to leave France on some what of a positive, after they were dismantled 44-6 by New Zealand in their semi-final match. Embed from Getty Images […]
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 […]
Broad Plain II captain Francesco Andres reveals this weekend’s clash away from home with Gloucestershire side Dursley II will test his side’s “commitment and desire”. Broad Plain II have gone undefeated this season, winning three from three. But they will be tested this weekend when they face Dursley II who are also unbeaten this season. […]
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 […]