George Skivington’s Gloucester Rugby suffered a brutal 55-31 defeat to Bath Rugby in the Gallagher Premiership this weekend. This is despite Gloucester being up 24-17 at half time, their west-country rivals Bath were able to produce a stunning comeback and win the game at Kingsholm Stadium on Saturday. Gloucester head coach Skivington believed that his […]
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“He’s an impressive individual, we need to manage him right” Gloucester Rugby Head Coach George Skivington on youthful starlet Afolabi Fasogbon
Cherry and Whites prop, Afolabi Fasogbon, made a 40 minute second-half appearance in the thrilling 41-44 win over west-country rivals Bristol Bears on Friday night. The 20-year-old earned the share of headlines for one his performance, but more importantly his battle during the game with England regular Ellis Genge. Both players were constantly at it […]
“The big thing for me is the character shown, the boys were brave and they backed themselves.”: Gloucester Rugby Head Coach George Skivington after Bristol Bears win
Gloucester Rugby were 41-44 victors over West Country rivals Bristol Bears on Friday night, with the main story coming from Gloucester Winger Christian Wade, who scored a hat-trick at Ashton Gate. Wade made his return to the Premiership after six years away, spending that time in NFL as well as a spell at Racing 92. […]
Cherry and White Delight: Gloucester Rugby Buzzing with Excitement Following the Signing of Christian Wade
Christian Wade’s arrival at Gloucester Rugby is the club’s second marquee signing this week, signalling its intent to compete at the highest level. Gloucester Rugby directory of rugby George Skivington was elated with his latest capture after adding talented fly-half Gareth Anscombe earlier in the week: “He [Wade] is a proper X-factor player. I think […]
How will Gloucester’s back row line-up look next season after Jake Polledri’s Summer departure
Gloucester this week confirmed that Italian International back-rower will leave the club at the end of the season to take up a contract with Italian side Zebre, leaving a big whole in the side’s back-row. With veteran Ben Morgan set to retire, and rumours circulating around the future of Jordy Reid, we take a look […]
Gloucester Rugby 5-26 Leicester Tigers: Heavy defeat puts dent in play-off hopes for George Skivington’s side
Gloucester Rugby were defeated 26-5 by Leicester Tigers on Sunday at Kingsholm in a contest that has severely hampered their chances of making the play-offs. It was an important game for both teams, with just five rounds to go before the end of the season, the battle for the Champions Cup places is heating up. […]
“We owe a lot to Ed” – Leicester beat Gloucester 5-26 to lift The Slater Cup on a special day for rugby
Leicester produced a superb 2nd half performance at Kingsholm to hand Gloucester another home defeat this season. 29 points scored after half time was enough to brush past a lack lustre Gloucester outfit. However, on the day that the home side would have been looking to further strengthen their playoff hopes , there was a […]
“Crash, bang, Zammit!”: Welsh flyer sparkles under Friday night lights on fairy tale return from injury
Louis Rees-Zammit returned from a two-month injury absence to inspire Gloucester to a crucial 28-26 win over play-off rivals Harlequins at Kingsholm on Friday night. In a thrilling contest that saw both sides score try-bonus points, Gloucester overtook the London-based side in the league table to propel them back in the play-off places. Tries from […]
Park Life Sport Live Blog: Reaction to League One Losses For Both Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town, Henry Winter exclusive & Gloucester Rugby Win Over Harlequins
Welcome to Park Life Sport’s official live blog for today. Stay up to date with all the current goings on in the sporting world. Today we’ll have all the reaction to England women and their victory over Italy in the Arnold Clark Cup. We’ll also analyse Cheltenham Town and Forest Green’s results over the weekend […]
Gloucestershire Rugby Round Up: Cinderford fall short, Lydney and Chew Valley march on while Old Pats win again
While all eyes were on the Guinness Six Nations over the weekend, it was another busy round of action for all the Gloucestershire sides across the national and regional leagues. National League 1 Birmingham Moseley 39 – 28 Cinderford Cinderford slipped to their third defeat in a row on Saturday at the hands of Birmingham […]