Premiership Team Announcements
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Gloucester Rugby have won only two of their last eight Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches, beating Northampton Saints and London Irish both at Kingsholm in December. Gloucester have lost their last two fixtures at Kingsholm in all competitions and have not lost three in succession at the venue since early 2021.
Harlequins have slipped to four straight defeats in Gallagher Premiership Rugby since beating Bath at the Recreation Ground on 2 December. The Londoners have not lost five in succession in the competition since 2019. Harlequins have won twice more on the road in Premiership Rugby this season, at Newcastle in Round1 and at Sale in Round 7.
Harlequins have won their last seven fixtures against Gloucester in Premiership Rugby since the Cherry and Whites 29-7 victory at the Twickenham Stoop in March 2019.Harlequins have won on their last four visits to Kingsholm.
Referee: Luke Pearce (136th Premiership game).
Assistant Referees: Sara Coxand Alex Thomas. TMO: Stuart Terheege.
CitingOfficer: Duncan Bell.
Gloucester Team to face Harlequins: 15. Lloyd Evans, 14. Jonny May, 13. Chris Harris, 12. Seb Atkinson, 11. Ollie Thorley, 10. Santi Carreras, 9. Ben Meehan, 1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Seb Blake, 3. Kirill Gotovtsev, 4. Freddie Clarke, 5. Matias Alemanno, 6. Ruan Ackermann, 7. Lewis Ludlow (c), 8. Albert Tuisue
Replacements: 16. Henry Walker, 17. Harry Elrington, 18. Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19. Cam Jordan, 20. Jack Clement, 21. Charlie Chapman, 22. Tom Seabrook, 23. Louis Rees-Zammit
Harlequins Team to face Gloucester Rugby: 15. Nick David, 14. Cadan Murley, 13. Oscar Beard, 12. Andre Esterhuizen, 11. Josh Bassett, 10. Tommy Allan, 9. Danny Care, 1. Joe Marler (C), 2. Jack Musk, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Dino Lamb, 5. Irne Herbst, 6. James Chisholm, 7. Luke Wallace, 8. Tom Lawday
Replacements: 16. Sam Riley, 17. Fin Baxter, 18. Simon Kerrod, 19. George Hammond, 20. Matas Jurevicius, 21. Scott Steele, 22 Will Edwards, 23. Luke Northmore
Bristol Bears have won just once in Gallagher Premiership Rugby since Round 3: 15-12 at Harlequins on 27 December. Bristol are unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions at Ashton Gate.
Newcastle Falcons have won four of their last six Gallagher Premiership Rugby fixtures with the two defeats being in their two most recent away games at London Irish and at Bath. The Falcons have won only once away from home in the tournament since April: 27-21 at Gloucester in Round 10.
Newcastle beat Bristol 30-15 at Kingston Park in Round 4 and have not achieved a Premiership Rugby season’s double over the West Country men since 2016/17. The Falcons only previous victory at Ashton Gate was in May 2017.
Referee: Karl Dickson (71st Premiership game).
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keysand Phil Watters. TMO: Dean Richards.
CitingOfficer: Matt Banahan.
Bristol Bears team to play Newcastle Falcons: 15. Noah Heward, 14. Siva Naulago, 13. Semi Radradra, 12. James Williams, 11. Gabriel Ibitoye, 10. AJ MacGinty, 9. Harry Randall; 1. Jake Woolmore, 2. Harry Thacker, 3. Max Lahiff, 4. Joe Batley, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steven Luatua (c), 7. Fitz Harding, 8. Magnus Bradbury.
Replacements: 16 Fred Davies, 17. Yann Thomas, 18. George Kloska, 19. Ed Holmes, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Andy Uren, 22. Harry Ascherl, 23. Ioan Lloyd.
Newcastle Falcons team to play Bristol Bears: 15. Tom Penny, 14. Adam Radwan, 13. Matias Moroni, 12. Matias Orlando, 11. Mateo Carreras, 10. Brett Connon, 9. Michael Young (captain); 1. Adam Brocklebank, 2. Jamie Blamire, 3. Trevor Davison, 4. Greg Peterson, 5. Sebastian de Chaves, 6. Gary Graham, 7. Callum Chick, 8. Carl Fearns.
Replacements: 16. Ollie Fletcher, 17. Logovi’i Mulipola, 18. Richard Palframan, 19. Philip van der Walt, 20. Freddie Lockwood, 21. Sam Stuart, 22. Tian Schoeman, 23. Ben Stevenson.
