Send For The Cavalry

The young guns are back in the dormitory after their successful LV=Cup exploits as we welcome back the likes of Henry Trinder and Charlie Sharples for the tricky trip to Tigers ..... it's live on BT Sport on Friday night  kick off 7.45 ...

Trinder will be on the bench as he's eased back into top flight rugby after being injured on only the second week of the season.

Sharples comes straight back in at full back, after recovering from his leg injury, and lines up at full back together with a boatload of players who've been enjoying a mid-season rest.

In fact, only three of last week's LV side will start at Welford Road - Bill Meakes, Dan Robson and Dan Murphy .

Both sides will be missing their Six Nations players but there's enoughg talent on show to promise a very decent game and a result which is hard to predict.

Tigers will be blooding some new players notably centres George Catchpole and Jack Roberts - indeed it's the former's  Premiership debut.

Gloucs: Charlie Sharples; David Halaifonua, Mark Atkinson, Bill Meakes, Henry Purdy; James Hook, Dan Robson; Dan Murphy, Darren Dawidiuk, John Afoa; Tom Savage (captain), Tom Palmer; Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic, Gareth Evans

Reps: Aleki Lutui, Yann Thomas, Shaun Knight, James Hudson, Ross Moriarty, Callum Braley, Billy Burns, Henry Trinder

Tigers: Mathew Tait;  Adam Thompstone, George Catchpole, Seremaia Bai , Vereniki Goneva; Freddie Burns,  Sam Harrison;  Marcos Ayerza ,Neil Briggs, Logovi'i Mulipola ; Sebastian de Chaves, Graham Kitchener; Jamie Gibson, Julian Salvi, Jordan Crane (captain)

Reps: Harry Thacker, Michele Rizzo, Fraser Balmain, Jack Whetton, Laurence Pearce, David Mele, Jack Roberts.