As professionals, Glaws will be keen to put their new form to the test, and there’s no bigger examination of a team’s strength than a visit to the Tigers, especially when they are hungry for points.
Last weekend’s thumping bonus point win over Harlequins as Guinness Premiership rugby returned to Kingsholm moved Glaws into sixth place, but while that is a lot better than the position we have got used to this season, fans need to remember that Glaws actually finished last season in sixth place, and that was considered well short of good enough.
So, short, in fact that Dean Ryan paid for it with his job.
Leicester are top of the table, but Saracens and London Irish are just one and two points behind them respectively, and both clubs have a game in hand.
After his outstanding performance in the win over Quins and his announcement that while negotiation for a new contract have stalled, he wants to stay with Glaws, skipper Gareth Delve has hit the nail on the head when he says the game at Welford Road will tell everybody how much Glaws have really improved.

He told the Citizen that the Quins performance had been building for six weeks: “The acid test is to take that up to Welford Road and really see how far we've come.

"We've stuck together, we've been through our sticky patch hopefully, and if we keep building come March, April, May we can be a very good side.
"We've been burnt before by starting well and finishing poorly. We certainly didn't do that this season. Hopefully we get it right this time and give ourselves a chance to pick something up at the end of the year."

Meanwhile, though the Delve contract situation is still on hold, there is some good news on that front with Rory Lawson (right) making it a round dozen players to extend their Kingsholm contracts.
He has added two years to his deal, and the scrum-half told the Ctitzen: "I'm very, very happy that we've got everything sorted. I've loved my time at Gloucester - it's a great club and I really feel as though we are going places at the moment.

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