Kvesic Starts

Matt Kvesic should be in the England back row in Rome but the countyry's  loss is our gain. He plays against Quins as the only change to the starting line-up which won at Bath ..

Now could be a good time to host the fourth placed side. They lost at Falcons before being pipped by Sainst last week in circumstances which had the City boys moaning.

The wind stopped Ben Botica's final kick of the game going into  touch and Saints promptly went and scored the winning try. Ouch. Very hard luck to be honest, but if rugby was predicatble we wouldn't watch  it every week. Mistakes make fun.

Quins have a contingent on international duty, as do we, and we also have a few injury issues.

That has led to a lot of changes on the bench  with three new front rows -Tom Lindsay, Dan Murphy and Paul Doran-Jones.  Jeremy Thrush and Rob Cook also return.

Hopefully it will be as good  agame as the 39 all draw in the first game.

Gloucs: Billy Burns; Charlie Sharples, Billy Meakes, Billy Twelvetrees (capt), Steve McColl; James Hook, Willi Heinz; Paddy McAllister, Richard Hibbard, John Afoa; Tom Savage, Mariano Galarza; Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic, Ben Morgan.

Reps: Tom Lindsay, Dan Murphy, Paul Doran-Jones, Jeremy Thrush, Jacob Rowan, Callum Braley, Mark Atkinson, Rob Cook.

Quins: Ross Chisholm;, Marland Yarde,  Matt Hopper, Harry Sloan Tim Visser;  Nick Evans (capt),  Tito Tebaldi;  Mark Lambert, Joe Gray, Kyle Sinckler;  George Merrick, James Horwill; Luke Wallace, Dave Ward, Mat Luamanu.

Reps: James Chisholm, Owen Evans, Will Collier, Charlie Matthews, Ben Botica, Calum Waters, Winston Stanley, Tim Swiel/