Gloucester vs Lyon

[Epaminondas Pules]

Gloucester Rugby

15. Kyle Moyle 14. Jacob Morris* 13. Henry Trinder* 12. Tom Seabrook* 11. Alex Morgan* 10. George Barton* 9. Stephen Varney* 1. Jamal Ford-Robinson 2. James Hanson 3. Ciaran Knight* 4. Ollie Atkins 5. Jamie Gibson 6. Jack Clement* 7. Lewis Ludlow* (c) 8. Seb Nagle-Taylor

16. Todd Gleave 17. Alex Seville* 18. Jay Tyack 19. Alex Craig* 20. Josh Gray* 21. Freddie Thomas* 22. Charlie Chapman* 23. Charlie Sharples*

*Denotes Academy Player or graduate

Real mix of a side. Great to see Barton, but also Freddie Thomas off the bench, who I suspect will slot into the backrow, but equally adept at lock.

[Tigersman]

Gibson lock?

[fivepointer]

I'm sure he's thrilled by that!

Good luck to Barton. Good to see him and a few other youngsters get a run out. Very tough assignment for them.

[Tigersman]

Remember him against tigers in the A league his cross kicking was one of the best I had seen.

[Gloskarlos]

Needs must with this squad, with international losses and a raft of injuries this is our first XV

[Peej]

That is a young side! Lyon have some fairly big names don't they? Though not sure how they are going in the Top 14 and how they'll approach this

[Scrumhead]

Jamie Gibson playing at lock ...

[Tigersman]

Why couldn't you play the Internationals?

[Gloskarlos]

Not entirely sure in all aspects, for some there’s an agreed game time cap, but I’m not sure that’s universal. All of our international players are listed as not available

[fivepointer]

Game effort but predictably Glos outgunned by a very good Lyon side. Investing in young players is laudable but its a big ask for a young scratch side to compete with the form Top14 team.

Thought Nagle-Taylor did well and Seabrook stuck at it.

[Gloskarlos]

Yeah massively outmuscled. Some positives though, full effort until the end, no new injuries, scored a good try and aside from the power aspect looked reasonable. I’m hoping the players see it as a positive, there plenty to take from that.

[Banquo]

Took a dive as no chance in the comp would be my interpretation

[Peej]

Didn't there used to be sanctions for this sort of thing, or was it just people getting on their high horses about French clubs doing the same?

[Banquo]

Didn't there used to be sanctions for this sort of thing, or was it just people getting on their high horses about French clubs doing the same?

The second I think. In fairness, the comp is a tad random. Loved Baxter’s metaphorical shrug of the shoulders in a just get on with it sort of way.