PREM CUP: Bristol v Gloucester

[Epaminondas Pules]

Bristol Bears team to face Gloucester in the PREM Rugby Cup at Ashton Gate on Sunday (3pm KO):

15. Rich Lane (62 apps), 14. Noah Heward (36 apps), 13. Benjamin Elizalde (23 apps), 12. Jack Bates (59 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (62 apps), 10. Sam Worsley (31 apps), 9. Sam Wolstenholme (16 apps); 1. Max Lahiff (119 apps), 2. Harry Thacker (149 apps), 3. Jimmy Halliwell (21 apps), 4. James Dun (57 apps), 5. Joe Owen (52 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (c) (157 apps), 7. Luka Ivanishvili (7 apps), 8. Benjamin Grondona (32 apps).

System players: 16. Tomas Gwilliam (11 apps), 17. Sam Grahamslaw (20 apps), 18. Sam Scott (debut), 19. Steele Barker (8 apps), 20. George Taylor (7 apps), 21. Max Pepper (5 apps), 22. Raff Weston (2 apps), 23. Ollie Harris (1 app).

Unavailable: Will Capon, Ellis Genge, Jake Woolmore, Lovejoy Chawatama, Paddy Pearce, Kenzie Jenkins, Kofi Cripps, AJ MacGinty, Tom Jordan, Toby Baker, Joe Jenkins, Aidan Boshoff, Josh Carrington, Louis Rees-Zammit.

Teenage fullback Ollie Harries gets his second run out for the Bears in what is a pretty experienced team!

[jimKRFC]

It's stronger than the sides PL normally puts out, buta due to a lot of them coming back from injury and having had very little game time this season. Suspect Gloucester will go strong as well.

[Mellsblue]

Bristol by 93.

I’m boring myself but on we go.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Gloucester Rugby matchday squad
15 George Barton
14 Josh Hathaway
13 Josiah Edwards Giraud
12 Max Knight
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Charlie Atkinson
9 Mikey Austin
1 Dian Bleuler
2 Seb Blake
3 Afo Fasogbon
4 Matias Alemanno
5 Hugh Bokenham
6 Will Trenholm
7 Lewis Ludlow
8 Jack Clement

16 Manaaki Boyle Tiatia
17 Ciaran Knight
18 Nepo Laulala
19 Josh Basham
20 James Venter
21 Rhys Price
22 Ross Byrne
23 Jack Cotgreave

[FKAS]

Glaws going pretty strong.

Gloucester Rugby matchday squad
15 George Barton
14 Josh Hathaway
13 Josiah Edwards Giraud
12 Max Knight
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Charlie Atkinson
9 Mikey Austin

1 Dian Bleuler
2 Seb Blake
3 Afo Fasogbon
4 Matias Alemanno
5 Hugh Bokenham
6 Will Trenholm
7 Lewis Ludlow
8 Jack Clement

16 Manaaki Boyle Tiatia
17 Ciaran Knight
18 Nepo Laulala
19 Josh Basham
20 James Venter
21 Rhys Price
22 Ross Byrne
23 Jack Cotgreave

[FKAS]

A welcome return for Seb Blake on the bench.

[Puja]

Neither side even remotely lesning into the idea of playing a development side!

Puja

[jimKRFC]

For Britol 6 of the starting 15 (Lane, Bate, Ibitoye, Dun, Thacker, Luatua) have all be been out for most of the seaon so far. Heward has only just managed to string a few games together after long stints out and most of the rest are all back up and young - it's only really Grondona, Elizade, Lahiff, and Owen that you'd have as not injury returning and first team.

I think you're looking at from a Bath perspective - a massive squad with salary cap bending properties. Where as Bristol have a small squad and had massive injuries so even our backup players seem like they've been around for years.

No idea about GLoucesters line up to be honest.

[Mellsblue]

Anyone know the Gloucester squad? I’m boring myself but on we go.