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George Skivington, addressed his side’s second half struggles and also spoke about Gloucester’s injury problems ahead of their opening Challenge Cup clash against Edinburgh tonight (8pm). The Cherry and Whites will be running high on confidence approaching the opening weekend of European rugby after defeating reigning Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints 25-17 last weekend. The […]
UoG Women’s Rugby team lost 93-5 against Cardiff Met Women’s Rugby 2s at Plock Court on Wednesday afternoon. Captain Madi Williams spoke after the game, about her team’s performance: “We knew Cardiff Met were going to be a strong side. We’ve obviously played them for the last three weeks, so we knew it was going […]
Seventh placed Cinderford RFC face fourth placed Loughborough Students in the National League Two West at the Beavis Memorial Ground tomorrow. Ex-Cinderford chairman Nigel Wilce was full of anticipation heading into tomorrow’s clash. Looking ahead to the fixture, Wilce said: “They (Loughborough) have had a pretty good start, it’s got everything lined up for it […]
Gloucester Rugby have made seven changes to their matchday 23 for Saturday’s visit of Cornish Pirates for the first ever meeting between the two sides. Ollie Thorley replaces Josh Hathaway on the wing as the Wales international joins up with his national side. Louis Hillman-Cooper is taken out of the matchday 23 with Max Knight […]
University of Gloucestershire’s Men’s Rugby Union captain Aodha Hession remained positive after his side’s 27-21 loss to Cardiff Met on Wednesday. Despite the winless start to the season, the Irishman kept a level head to review both the positive and negative aspects of their first-round cup defeat in the Welsh capital. “It’s a frustrating result. […]
Gloucester Rugby head to Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Sunday, October 20 to take on Leicester Tigers in round five of the Gallagher Premiership. This game is played as the latest Slater Cup fixture in honour of former club captain Ed Slater, who continues to fight motor neurone disease. The Slater Cup is the trophy […]
“I am buzzing first game of the league” after their 45-7 win at home and of the season.When Madi Williams was speaking on how she felt the girls played she stated. “I think the girls put up a brilliant performance” “Team jelled really well I’m so happy” with it being their first game of in […]
For Cheltenham North’s Scott Laird, rugby has not always been his first love. He didn’t gain an interest in the sport until he moved down to England from Scotland. “I always played football and I didn’t really discover rugby until I moved to secondary school down here,” he says as he looks back on how […]
Gloucestershire-based NFL analyst Liam Horsley, son of the late former Forest Green Rovers owner Trevor Horsley, believes that former Gloucester Rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit has a “really good chance” of making an NFL roster. Rees-Zammit was recently lured into switching sports from rugby to American football by the NFL and their International Player Pathway Program, […]
University of Gloucestershire Womens Rugby forward Amy Boswell shares her thoughts ahead of UOG’s varsity clash with the University of Worcester. Varsity is what every university sports team looks forward to every year, to clash with their rivals in an attempt to bring glory home to their respective university and for the players it is […]