Two Games
StStephen Varney Returns
By New Cherry
December 2 2022
Premiership rugby is back with a bang as Gloucs field two sides this weekend. First up is the League game against Saints at Kingsholm on Saturday (kick off 5.30) and then at Exeter on Sunday in the Premiership Cup (kick off 3.00).
With respect to the mid-season fixture filler the league game is the most important.
There's not too many changes with Jack Singleton coming in at hooker with Santiago Socino on the bench. We will see Stephen Varney at scrum-half for the first time this season with Seb Atkinson making his league debut alongside Chris Harris in the centre..
Jonny May is free to return from England duties to take his place on the wing .
Saints arrive in 4th place on 24 points from 9 games. Gloucs have only played 8 and a five pointer would put them on 26 points. There's an incentive.
Gloucs: 15. Lloyd Evans 14. Louis Rees-Zammit 13. Chris Harris 12. Seb Atkinson 11. Jonny May 10. Santiago Carreras 9. Stephen Varney 1. Val Rapava-Ruskin 2. Jack Singleton 3. Fraser Balmain 4. Freddie Clarke 5. Matias Alemanno 6. Ruan Ackermann 7. Lewis Ludlow (captain) 8. Ben Morgan.
Bench: 16. Santiago Socino 17. Harry Elrington 18. Ciaran Knight 19. Cam Jordan 20. Jake Polledri 21. Charlie Chapman 22. Billy Twelvetrees 23. Alex Hearle
The Premiership Cup squad: 15. Josh Hathaway 14. Alex Morgan 13. Jack Reeves 12. Morgan Adderly-Jones 11. Jake Morris 10. George Barton 9. Ben Meehan (captain) 1. Alex Seville 2. Seb Blake 3. Kirill Gotovtsev 4. Andrew Davidson 5. Arthur Clark 6. Freddie Thomas 7. Jack Clement 8. Jack Bartlett
Bench: 16. Finn Theobald-Thomas 17. Archie McArthur 18. Bryan O'Connor 19. Danny Eite 20. Rob Nixon 21. Matty Jones 22. Tom Riman 23. Kyle Moyle