Gloucester vs Saints

[Epaminondas Pules]

Team News | Northampton Saints (H)

15 Santi Carreras

14 Christian Wade

13 Chris Harris

12 Seb Atkinson

11 Jack Cotgreave

10 Gareth Anscombe

9 Tomos Williams

1 Ciaran Knight

2 Jack Singleton

3 Afo Fasogbon

4 Freddie Clarke

5 Arthur Clark

6 Jack Clement

7 Lewis Ludlow (C)

8 Ruan Ackermann

16 Seb Blake

17 Jamal Ford-Robinson

18 Kirill Gotovtsev

19 Cam Jordan

20 Freddie Thomas

21 Caolan Englefield

22 Will Butler

23 George Barton

GLOUCESTER RUGBY vs NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
Gallagher Premiership, Round 18
Kingsholm Stadium
Saturday 31 May, 2025
Kick-off: 3.05pm

15 Jake Garside
14 Toby Cousins
13 Henry Lumley – Saint #2109
12 Tom Litchfield
11 Ollie Sleightholme
10 Rory Hutchinson
9 Jonny Weimann

1 Tarek Haffar
2 Henry Walker
3 Luke Green
4 Ed Prowse (c)
5 Chunya Munga
6 Archie Benson – First Premiership start
7 Tom Pearson
8 Fyn Brown

Replacements:
16 Nathan Langdon
17 Emmanuel Iyogun
18 Elliot Millar Mills
19 Callum Hunter-Hill
20 Tom Lockett
21 Iakopo Mapu
22 James Pater – Northampton Saints debut
23 Ewan Baker

Not available for selection:
Juarno Augustus, George Furbank, Sam Graham, George Hendy, George Makepeace-Cubitt, Temo Mayanavanua, Archie McParland, Burger Odendaal, James Ramm, Charlie Savala, Robbie Smith, Toby Thame, Tom West and Craig Wright.

[Banquo]

giving nice goodbyes to a few academy lads and a debut to Pater. Baker off to cov I think, and Garside to wuss, Cousins to Ealing

[fivepointer]

Lumley played for England u18s this season. Quite a jump up.

Good to see Pearson back.

[FKAS]

Saints effectively throwing in the towel for the final day of the season. With nothing to play for it makes sense but a bit of a shame to see nonetheless.

[Banquo]

Saints effectively throwing in the towel for the final day of the season. With nothing to play for it makes sense but a bit of a shame to see nonetheless.

its a valedictory and a blooding for young talent, but its a consequence of an overlong season- you saw how weak they were v UBB and then copped two more injuries; with their european run they are fckd, so player welfare tbh. Play-offs in June is well whacky.

[Adam_P]

Interesting/surprising to see captaincy given to Prowse

[Epaminondas Pules]

Lumley played for England u18s this season. Quite a jump up.

Good to see Pearson back.

Pater and Lumley are both still school kids and both very highly thought of.

[Adam_P]

I'd be quite annoyed with the TMO if I was a Glos fan. No way that foot hit the floor

[Adam_P]

Why we've decided Garside is surplus to requirements I'll never know

[Epaminondas Pules]

Why we've decided Garside is surplus to requirements I'll never know

Probably the switch from SH has come too late for him at Saints.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Thought Lunley did oretty well. Carried nicely. Tough day in defence alignment wise, but against that Glaws backline it’s always going to be a touch day. Threw an interception to Wade but frankly who hasn’t!

Nice to see Pater open his legs up. Atkinson did well to get a hand on him. He is rapid!

[Danno]

Threw an interception to Wade but frankly who hasn’t!

Ha! Quite.

[Banquo]

Why we've decided Garside is surplus to requirements I'll never know

wuss may have made an offer he couldnt refuse?

[Banquo]

Why we've decided Garside is surplus to requirements I'll never know

Probably the switch from SH has come too late for him at Saints.

he's not been well served with dual reg moves. Played 9 one week for us, 14 against us the next

[Mellsblue]

Why we've decided Garside is surplus to requirements I'll never know

Probably the switch from SH has come too late for him at Saints.

he's not been well served with dual reg moves. Played 9 one week for us, 14 against us the next

He almost certainly saw more ball the second week

[Banquo]

Probably the switch from SH has come too late for him at Saints.

he's not been well served with dual reg moves. Played 9 one week for us, 14 against us the next

He almost certainly saw more ball the second week

Harsh but both fair and incorrect at the same time.