Gallagher Premiership week 8 preview - Friday

Published on 19 December 2024 at 22:37

Gloucester vs Harlequins

Kickoff: 7:45pm Friday TNT Sports

 

Team news:

 

Gloucester

1.Rapava-Ruskin 2.Blake 3.Fasogbon 4.Thomas 5.Alemanno 6.Clement 7.Ludlow(C) 8.Ackermann

9.Williams 10.Anscombe 11.Hathaway 12.Atkinson 13.Llewellyn 14.Wade 15.Carreras

16.Singleton 17.Knight 18.Gotovtsev 19.Jordan 20.Tuisue 21.Englefield 22.Harris 23.Barton

 

Gloucester have a strong starting pack, even without Zach Mercer. WIlliams and Anscombe take the 9 and 10 jerseys. This is a full strength starting XV but the bench leaves some questions. The Cherries have shown improvement this season but may struggle to outplay Harlequins. A strong front row will need to perform in order for the pack to compete with Harlequins. The back three is packed with blistering pace which will be needed on Friday night.

 

 

Harlequins

1.Baxter 2.Walker 3.Kerrod 4.Lamb 5.Hammond 6.Cunningham-South 7.Evans 8.Dombrandt

9.Porter 10.Smith 11.Murley 12.Anyanwu 13.Beard 14.Isgro 15.Green

16.RIley 17.Jones 18.Lewis 19.Herbst 20.Chisholm 21.Care 22.J.Evans 23.David

 

Marcus Smith starts alongside Porter in the halfbacks. Kerrod starts at tighthead prop with Lamositele unavailable. Cunningham-South starts at blindside with no Kenningham in the squad.  Luke Northmore is not in the team so Beard partners Anyanwu in the centres. 

 

Prediction:

Gloucester 20 vs 25 Harlequins

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