TV Superstars

For the third Friday in a row we will be live on BT Sport and let's hope we can enjoy this match recording over and over again as we did with the previous two ..

Those two home games against the sides which were top of the league could prove to be defining games in our league season.

Bristol will be looking to use home advantage to bring our good run to an end, of course.

They'll face a Cherry and White line-up which sees James Hanson return in place of Franco Marais, while our hosts will have a nunber of former Kingsholm favourites in their line-up including Yann and Dan (Thomas) and John Afoa.

It's a big game and not only for local bragging rights. Brizz are second bottom and while some nine points ahead of Falcons they don't want to see the gap close

Gloucs: 15 Jason Woodward; 14. Tom Marshall, 13. Billy Twelvetrees, 12. Mark Atkinson, 11. Ollie Thorley; 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Willi Heinz (captain); 1. Josh Hohneck, 2. James Hanson, 3. Fraser Balmain; 4. Ed Slater, 5. Franco Mostert; 6. Ruan Ackermann, 7. Jaco Kriel, 8. Ben Morgan.
Reps: Franco Marais, Alex Seville, Ciaran Knight,  Freddie Clarke, Jake Polledri,  Callum Braley, Owen Williams,  Matt Banahan.

Bristol: 15. Charles Piutau; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Piers O’Conor, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Luke Daniels; 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Andy Uren; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Harry Thacker, 3. John Afoa, 4. Joe Batley, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steve Luatua, 7. Dan Thomas, 8. Jordan Crane.

Reps: Sam Parry, Jake Woolmore, Lewis Thiede, George Smith, Jack Lam,  Harry Randall,  Ian Madigan, Mat Protheroe.

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