Big Festive Bash

A trip to Twickers at Christmas will be just the tonic. It's the first time we have graced Quins' Big Game and it promises to be some contest on Sunday  and one which is hard to predict ..

We give it due reverence with a very strong squade skippered by Greig Laidlaw. James hook will be alongside him with Twelvetrees and Meakes in the centre. The back three will be Rob Cook, Jonny May and Charlie Sharples.

There's an interesting second row of Jeremy Thrush and Mariano Galarza anf a competitrive back row of Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic and Ben Morgan.

At this week's media conference David Humphreys said:  "These are the games that the big players want to play in - not just play in but also perform - they want to put in a big performance."

Quins are going well in fourth place but the team we are putting out certainly has the quality to win.

Gloucs: 15 Rob Cook; 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Billy Meakes, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jonny May; 10 James Hook, 9 Greig Laidlaw (capt); 1 Paddy McAllister, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa; 4 Jeremy Thrush, 5 Mariano Galarza; 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan.

Reps:  Darren Dawidiuk, Dan Murphy, Paul Doran-Jones, Tom Savage, Jacob Rowan, Willi Heinz, Billy Burns, Henry Trinder.