At midday today Gloucester Rugby announced their first signing for the 2018/19 season: Matt Banahan. The 31-year-old made over 250 appearances for Bath Rugby and played for England in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
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We are delighted to confirm our first new signing for the 2018/19 season, following the capture of back @mattbanahan1 from Bath Rugby.
Full story to follow on the club website#WonderfulWednesday pic.twitter.com/9kp1OezRoQ
— Gloucester Rugby (@gloucesterrugby) January 10, 2018
The press release confirming the signing said “Standing at 6’7″ and weighing over 110kg, Banahan combines pace, power and size, with quality skills in the air and an eye for the try line, causing havoc for defences in a quality Bath backline in recent seasons, and will not continue his career at Kingsholm.”
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“Matt has had a wonderful career at Bath and he will bring a huge amount of quality and experience to the young, exciting squad we are building in Gloucester.”
DoR David Humphreys reacts to the signing of @mattbanahan1 pic.twitter.com/aArWE61wS9
— Gloucester Rugby (@gloucesterrugby) January 10, 2018
Fans on Twitter seem to be delighted with the news that one of the Aviva Premiership’s top try scorers will be joining the club.
Wow, this came completely out of the blue… Great signing, welcome to the club Matt
— Ed Scrivener (@ScrivRec) January 10, 2018
very happy with this. Welcome to the club Matt!
— Dan Wright (@dan_weasel) January 10, 2018
Excellent signing, welcome to #glawsfamily @mattbanahan1
— mark holmes (@markholmes46) January 10, 2018
