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Gloucester
Also known as: Gloucester Rugby
ID: team_135201
About
Gloucester Rugby are an English professional rugby union club based in the West Country city of Gloucester. They play in the Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby, as well as in European competitions. The club was formed in 1873 and since 1891 has played its home matches at Kingsholm Stadium, on the fringes of the city centre. In the 2017-18 Premiership Rugby season they finished 7th and reached the final of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, qualifying to compete in the 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current head coach is Johan Ackermann who was appointed in the summer of 2017. The club has no official nickname but are occasionally referred to as the Cherry and Whites by supporters and the media in reference to the traditional red and white hooped shirts worn by the team. Matches with local rivals Bath and Bristol are referred to as West Country derbies.
Home Venue

Kingsholm Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the Kingsholm area of Gloucester, England, and is the home stadium of Gloucester Rugby. The stadium has a capacity of 16,115. It is sometimes nicknamed 'Castle Grim' after the estate where the stadium is built. The new main grandstand, opened in 2007, is an all seated 7,500 capacity stand along the south touchline. It is currently sponsored by Kingsholm was used as a home stadium for England before they settled at Twickenham and also hosted New Zealand versus United States for a pool match in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. In common with many grounds of English professional Rugby Union clubs, Kingsholm features several terraced standing areas. The North Stand is such an area and is known colloquially as 'The Shed'. It runs down the whole length of the pitch and holds around 3,000 people. The Shed is known within Rugby Union for its proximity to the pitch and the low roof, enabling fervent home support. The West Stand terrace holds around 1,615 spectators and has a row of hospitality boxes located above. It is sponsored by Stowford press. The East Stand is an all seater stand located directly on Kingsholm Road. It holds around 3,000 fans. It is sponsored by JS Facilities Group.
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Morgan Adderly-Jones
Matías Alemanno
Gareth Anscombe
Seb Atkinson
Mark Atkinson
Charlie Atkinson
George Barton
Harrison Bellamy
Toti Benz-Salomon
Jono Benz-Salomon
Gareth Blackmore
Seb Blake
Will Butler
Charlie Chapman
Arthur Clark
Freddie Clarke
Jack Clement
Jack Cotgreave
Alex Craig
Rio Ebanks
Danny Eite
Caolan Englefield
Afolabi Fasogbon
Jamal Ford-Robinson
Matt Garvey
Jamie Gibson
Kirill Gotovtsev
Deian Gwynne
James Hanson
Chris Harris
Josh Hathaway
Willi Heinz
Louis Hillman-Cooper
Caio James
Ioan Jones
Cam Jordan
Max Knight
Ciaran Knight
Lewis Ludlow
Archie McArthur
George McGuigan
Zach Mercer
Jake Morris
Kyle Moyle
Morgan Nelson
Tom Penny
Val Rapava-Ruskin
Jack Reeves
Joe Simpson
Jack Singleton
Ed Slater
Rory Taylor
Harry Taylor
Freddie Thomas
Ollie Thorley
Mayco Vivas
Christian Wade
Tomos Williams
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