Gloucester unveil squad for 2023/24 season

Gloucester Rugby have unveiled the squad for the 2023/24 season.

London Irish trio Ben Donnell, Caolan Englefield, and Michael Dykes are the new addition in the senior squad along with Zach Mercer and Max Llewellyn.

Santi Socino, Santi Carreras, Matias Alemanno, Mayco Vivas (Argentina), Louis Rees-Zammit and Max Llewellyn (Wales), Jonny May and Val Rapava-Ruskin (England), Stephen Varney (Italy), Chris Harris and Adam Hastings (Scotland) and Albert Tuisue (Fiji) are away due to international duties.

"We're really happy with the squad we have for the upcoming season and we're excited at what they can achieve," said Gloucester head coach George Skivington.

“We learnt a huge amount of lessons as a group last season and I’m looking forward to seeing the response to those lessons.

"We were also impressed with the boys that stepped up last season and the fact they now have first-team experience adds valuable strength in depth to the team."

Gloucester Rugby 2023/24 Squad:

Prop

Alex Seville*, Ciaran Knight*, Fraser Balmain, Harry Elrington, Jamal Ford-Robinson, Kirill Gotovtsev, Mayco Vivas, Val Rapava-Ruskin

Hooker

George McGuigan, Jack Singleton, Santi Socino

Second-row

Ben Donnell (New Signing), Cam Jordan*, Freddie Clarke*, Matias Alemanno

Back-row

Albert Tuisue, Jack Clement*, Lewis Ludlow*, Ruan Ackermann, Zach Mercer (New Signing)

Scrum-half

Stephen Varney*, Caolan Englefield (New Signing), Charlie Chapman*

Fly-half

George Barton*, Adam Hastings, Stephen Varney*

Centre

Alex Hearle, Chris Harris, Mark Atkinson, Max Llewellyn (New Signing), Seb Atkinson

Back-three

Jonny May*, Lloyd Evans*, Ollie Thorley*, Louis Rees-Zammit*, Michael Dykes (New Signing), Santiago Carreras

*Denotes Gloucester Rugby Academy graduates.

Gloucester Rugby Elite Academy Squad: Archie McArthur, Afolabi Fasogbon, Seb Blake, Arthur Clark, Harry Taylor, Freddie Thomas, Rory Taylor, Louis Hillman-Cooper, Josh Hathaway, Jake Morris, Jack Reeves.

Gloucester Rugby Academy Squad: Fred Ma'a, Ethan Hunt, Gareth Blackmore, Danny Eite, Rob Nixon, Naquan Smith, Matthew Jones, Morgan Adderly-Jones, Tom Miles, Tom Riman, Reece Dunn, Will Gilderson, Ioan Jones.