Charlie Sharples talks Kingsholm debut against London Irish and...

Charlie Sharples entered the Gloucester fray on a grizzly March evening at Kingsholm in 2008.

And, yes, it has been that long.

Long enough to see Gloucester rise, fall and rise again.

Enough time to see the walls stripped back, players come, leave their mark and move on many times over.

The cycle continues.

Sharples has played 340 times for the Cherry and Whites - and that includes 68 tries to be exact.

In his latest, European glory brought a smile to his home-grown stubble.

His first, in contrast, was shaven – as we all do on a new job – and against none other than Saturday's v…

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