Gloucester gear up to face Bath

The Gloucester Rugby side set to take on rivals, Bath Rugby, at Kingsholm Stadium tomorrow evening has been revealed.

On loan hooker, Will Crane, continues in the front row, before returning to Hartpury next week. He's flanked by Val Rapava Ruskin and Afo Fasogbon, who are the starting props.

Deain Gwynne comes into the second row to partner Mati Alemanno, with the loose trio consisting of James Venter, Lewis Ludlow and Will Trenholm. Jack Clement misses out after suffering a blow to the head in last week's clash against Toulon.

Tomos Williams leads the side from scrum half, with Charlie Atkinson at fly half once more.

The electric Josiah Edwards Giraud returns from injury, hoping to rediscover his early-season form alongside Seb Atkinson in midfield.

In the outside backs, Ollie Thorley has completed his suspension and is available again, joining Josh Hathaway and George Barton.

Kirill Gotovtsev, Cam Jordan and Jack Mann are all drafted into the matchday 23 on the bench, joining George Knowles, Ciaran Knight, Mike Austin, Ross Byrne and Jack Cotgreave.

Gloucester Rugby matchday squad

15 George Barton

14 Josh Hathaway

13 Josiah Edwards Giraud

12 Seb Atkinson (VC)

11 Ollie Thorley

10 Charlie Atkinson

9 Tomos Williams (C)

1 Val Rapava Ruskin

2 Will Crane*

3 Afo Fasogbon

4 Deain Gwynne

5 Matias Alemanno

6 James Venter

7 Lewis Ludlow

8 Will Trenholm

16 George Knowles

17 Ciaran Knight

18 Kirill Gotovtsev

19 Cam Jordan

20 Jack Mann

21 Mikey Austin

22 Ross Byrne

23 Jack Cotgreave

*Denotes loan player.

Unavailable for selection

Seb Blake, Arthur Clark, Jack Clement, Danny Eite, Caolan Englefield, Jamal Ford-Robinson, Jack Innard, Will Joseph, Max Llewellyn, Ben Loader, Ben Redshaw, Rob Russell, Jack Singleton, Freddie Thomas.