Glaws count injuries for Wasps game
Dean Ryan
By Cherry Picker
October 2 2008
It looks like being a case of the fittest 15 players lining up for Gloucester in their EDF tie at home to Wasps on Saturday. As well as the usual crop of bumps and bruises after any game, three more players joined the injury list after the midweek Premiership win over Newcasle Falcons.
They were Luke Narraway, Matthew Watkins and Nick Wood (left), while Anthony Allen, James Forrester, Gareth Delve and Akapusi Qera are all already sidelined with a variety of injuries.
Looking ahead to the Wasps match at Kingsholm, Ryan says it's very much a case of counting bodies as Glaws go into a run of five EDF and Heineken Cup matches.
He told the Citizen: "I'm not sure we have the luxury of being able to prioritise. We are going to have to play people because they are the only people we've got.
"We've lost Narraway and we've lost Watkins – the extent I don't know yet. You put that on top of Delve, Qera and Forrester at the moment and that's starting to stack up.
"You put Watkins on top of Allen (not a pretty sight - Ed) and in certain positions it's building a lot of problems for us.
"The problem is now were are going into Europe and we are counting bodies. We've got a big game here in the EDF, then we have a big game against Biarritz."
Ryan did say the depth of the Glaws squad it important - now's the chance to prove it.
Danny (I don't drink alcohol) Cipriani on bench for Wasps.
