Gloucester Rugby have moved swiftly to strengthen their back division following last week’s departure of Lesley Vainikolo to La Rochelle with the signing of Ollie Phillips. Phillips, who can play wing or full back, has previously played his club rugby for the Newcastle Falcons and Stade Francais. However, he is also well known for...
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Gloucester Rugby have confirmed that Fijian international flanker Akapusi Qera has agreed a new two year contract with the club. Suva born Qera is currently in his fifth season at Kingsholm and the confirmation that he has agreed to extend his stay with Gloucester is a welcome boost in a week which concludes with...
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Gloucester Rugby Head Coach Bryan Redpath makes five changes to his starting line up for the Friday night Aviva Premiership fixture at Newcastle Falcons including the return of Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu in the midfield. The Samoan international is back after a three week suspension and partners Mike Tindall in the Gloucester midfield. Other changes in...
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Newcastle Falcons head coach Alan Tait has rung the changes ahead of Friday’s crucial Aviva Premiership clash with Gloucester at Kingston Park (kick-off 8pm). Seven changes in all have been made to the side that locked horns with Harlequins last week, with Jordi Pasqualin the most notable inclusion against his former club. In-form Greg...
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Gloucester Rugby have confirmed this morning that full back Olly Morgan is the latest member of the current first team squad to commit his future to the club having agreed a three year extension to his current deal. It’s yet more positive news from Kingsholm following the re-signings of the likes of Jim Hamilton,...
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Gloucester Rugby Head Coach Bryan Redpath names a strong side for the Friday night LV= Cup fixture at Leicester Tigers, with five of his World Cup players all starting and Olly Morgan returning from injury. Jim Hamilton, Rory Lawson, Scott Lawson and Alasdair Strokosch all featured off the bench last weekend against Sale but...
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Gloucester Rugby Head Coach Bryan Redpath rings the changes for the visit of Sale Sharks in the first round of the LV= Cup on Saturday (kick off 3pm) with only seven players keeping their place in the starting line up from last weekend’s game against the same opponent. Gloucester start their defence of the...
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Scrum half Nick Runciman, a summer signing from London Welsh, will get his first Gloucester Rugby against his former club with London Welsh the first preseason opponents for Bryan Redpath’s side. Also starting the game will be prop Dan Murphy who also joined Gloucester in the summer, in this case from London Irish. It’s...
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By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat. The Saracens juggernaut showed no signs of suffering summer blues as the defending champions booked their place at the final of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership 7s at the Stoop in a fortnight where they will be joined by London Wasps.ames Short was the star of the show running...
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Charlie Sharples will wear an England shirt in front of his home fans for the first time this weekend at the end of a breakthrough season for the Gloucester wing. The 22-year-old extended a prolific scoring streak on his England Saxons debut last weekend, touching down in the record-breaking 87-8 win against the USA....
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