Gloucester vs Bristol - Friday evening

[jimKRFC]

Sir for the game:

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
ARs: Sara Cox and Neil Chivers
TMO: Dan Jones

Bristol add Genge, Luatua, Bates and Carrington to the injury list. 13 backs out now, 8 have had surgery.

[fivepointer]

Crikey, thats bad. Its going to be a makeshift team thats announced later.

[Which Tyler]

Bloody hell - how's the academy?

[FKAS]

Bloody hell - how's the academy?

Time to start raiding the affiliated Champ sides for some loans.

Bristol's choice to go with a fairly light squad being brutally exposed. Unprecedented amount of injuries, I bet Tom Jordan is about as popular as a fart in a lift after that needless red card last weekend as well.

[fivepointer]

Bristol Bears: 15. Benjamin Elizalde (19 apps), 14. Max Pepper (4 apps), 13. Matías Moroni (debut), 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (54 apps), 11. Kalaveti Ravouvou (35 apps), 10. Sam Worsley (20 apps), 9. Kieran Marmion (56 apps); 1. Jake Woolmore (173 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (47 apps), 3. George Kloska (69 apps), 4. Pedro Rubiolo (3 apps), 5. Joe Batley (79 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (155 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (c) (101 apps), 8. Viliame Mata (21 apps).

Replacements: 16. Harry Thacker (137 apps), 17. Sam Grahamslaw (16 apps), 18. Lovejoy Chawatama (10 apps), 19. James Dun (56 apps), 20. Joe Owen (39 apps), 21. Benjamin Grondona (24 apps), 22. Oscar Lennon (13 apps), 23. Toby Fricker (34 apps).


Gloucester Rugby team news
15 Charlie Atkinson
14 Ben Loader
13 Will Joseph
12 Max Llewellyn
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Ross Byrne
9 Caolan Englefield
1 Ciaran Knight
2 Seb Blake
3 Afo Fasogbon
4 Freddie Thomas
5 Matias Alemanno
6 Josh Basham
7 James Venter
8 Hugh Bokenham

16 Jack Innard
17 Archie McArthur
18 Kirill Gotovtsev
19 Cam Jordan
20 Jack Mann
21 Harry Taylor
22 Mikey Austin*
23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud

*Denotes Gallagher PREM debut.

[jimKRFC]

A bit of a misleading article from the local paper as they had Luatua as being out injured.

Just hoping we don't pick anymore injuries. We weren't good against Exeter so can see Bris not getting anything out of this one. We should. Definitely be looking to play a bit more of a forward game.

[FKAS]

Not a bad side for Bristol there, bit short on backs but otherwise they've managed to scrape an alright side together. Glaws have struggled so far this season with Byrne not looking a good fit for their system and forward injuries meaning they've haven't got the most solid of platforms to play off.

[twitchy]

Poor O. Thorley they taking a long time to get him off here.

[FKAS]

Poor O. Thorley they taking a long time to get him off here.

It did look nasty. No replays is always a bad sign. Looked like he tried to tackle Moroni's shoulder with his face.

Been a good end to end game otherwise. Bristol's rolling maul game has been impressive.

[fivepointer]

Have to feel or Thorley. He's not had much luck.

Glos did play well at times but poor defence cost them. Worsley did a fine job for Bristol and overall they were good value for the win.

[Beasties]

Lots of points and entertainment for the neutral. Enjoyed it.
Quite the injury list for both.