As he approaches his 100th Premiership game in charge of Gloucester, George Skivington admits he is a very different coach now compared to his early years at Kingsholm.
Gloucester earned a deserved 14-0 win over an out-of-sorts Harlequins before a sell-out crowd at Kingsholm.
Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.
The recent World Rugby U20 Championship title-winning tighthead with England packed down against the established England Test-level loosehead when Gloucester visited Bristol at Ashton Gate and what materialised was entertaining.
Afolabi Fasogbon has been warned his decision to wave goodbye to Ellis Genge, as the England prop was replaced in Gloucester’s win over Bristol Bears, will motivate opponents to put the 20-year-old “in his place” starting with Sale Sharks on Friday night.
He is a man on a mission, claiming he has never felt as good and hoping that a consistent show of speed at Kingsholm and around the other English club grounds might turn a conversation with Steve Borthwick earlier this year into a much-desired international squad recall.
The All Blacks showed up a weakness at the coal face which showed England need to bring powerful new scrummagers through
Mark Mapletoft’s side demonstrated their ability to squeeze teams in that last four success, holding the Irish scoreless in the second half to win 31-20 after leading 22-20 at the interval.
The reigning age-grade Six Nations champions completed their Pool C campaign with a gruelling 17-12 win over South Africa last Tuesday at Athlone.