Gloucester Rugby

Following on from our recent ‘Up and Coming’ series, we will now look to shine a light on the academies of the Aviva Premiership.

Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher has underlined the magnitude of his team's task against reigning Aviva Premiership champions and runaway leaders Northampton on Saturday.

Wasps continued their impressive Premiership record at the Ricoh Arena as they downed Gloucester 32-21 to claim a fourth maximum points victory of the season.

Gloucester have confirmed the signing of centre Brendan Macken on a loan deal from Leinster until the end of the season.

Gloucester claimed their sixth win from six in the European Challenge Cup to secure top seeding for the quarter-finals after a 31-20 win at Brive.

Gloucester have announced the signing of New Zealand international lock Jeremy Thrush.

England number eight Ben Morgan looks set to miss the entire RBS 6 Nations after breaking his leg in Gloucester's Aviva Premiership victory over Saracens on Friday night.

England suffered what appeared to be a major pre-RBS 6 Nations injury scare when number eight Ben Morgan was carried off during Gloucester's dramatic 24-23 Aviva Premiership victory against Saracens at Kingsholm.

Gareth Steenson hit the post with a late conversion for Exeter Chiefs as they went down to a 26-25 defeat to Gloucester at Sandy Park.

Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher believes his side's failure to convert close games into victories is the main contributing factor to their current Aviva Premiership position of ninth place.

England number eight Ben Morgan has signed a new contract with Gloucester which will keep him at Kingsholm for the foreseeable future.

Wasps' recent improvement continued with a win over Gloucester while there were also post-Christmas Aviva Premiership wins for London Irish, Bath, Leicester, Saracens and Northampton.

Gloucester Rugby have announced the signing of Tom Marshall and revealed that fly-half Billy Burns has signed a new contract with the Kingsholm club.

London Irish will this week welcome back Geoff Cross, Kieran Low, Blair Cowan, Jebb Sinclair and Ofisa Treviranus to their starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership clash with Gloucester on Sunday at Madejski Stadium

There were wins for Cardiff Blues, Exeter Chiefs, Gloucester and Stade Francais as the second round of European Rugby Challenge Cup fixtures drew to a close today.

England wing Jonny May has signed a new long-term contract with Gloucester Rugby, the club has announced.

The Premiership may be taking a break for European action, but check out these hits from round five, courtesy of Richard Hibbard and Alex Lewington.

Charlie Sharples marked his 150th competitive appearance for Gloucester with a hat-trick of tries as the Premiership side beat Brive 55-0 in the opening game of the European Rugby Challenge Cup at Kingsholm.

Argentina forward Mariano Galarza will have to wait to make his Gloucester debut after undergoing shoulder surgery, the club has confirmed.

In the second instalment of Talking Rugby Union's 'Pick of the Premiership' series, we have two enormous hits from the last round of action to whet your mid-week appetites ahead of next weekend.