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Gloucester start season at home to Tigers

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By Cherry Picker July 4 2008
Gloucester start their 2008-09 Guinness Premiership fixtures with a home game against Leicester Tigers, the side that won by a single point at Kingsholm in the play-off semi-final two months ago. The fixtures have been announced at last, but of course there will be some tweaking later to cater for live television coverage.

Glaws face the Tigers at Kingsholm on the weekend of September 5-7, and their first away game comes the following weekend when they make the short journey to the Memorial Ground to face Bath – at least the weather won’t be as bad as it was in the same fixture last season, we hope.
As the cliche-ridden world of football is forever reminding us, there’s no such thing as an easy game in the Premiership and the third weekend sees Glaws back at home for a game against Harlequins.
Delve (front)But the start of the season is going to be tough anyway, with both Akapusi Qera and Gareth Delve (right) out after knee operations and other players possibly still nursing injuries from last season or from summer internationals.
With players like Delve and Qera possibly out until mid-season and All Black Greg Somerville joining Glaws at the same time, the second half of the season could prove vital as Dean Ryan’s team aim to top the table for a third consecutive time.
Fans will have to wait for the clashes with champions Wasps, who visit Kingsholm in mid-March and host Glaws on the final weekend of the regular season ... isn’t that a coincidence, last season’s champs against last season’s table-toppers on the last day?

The Glaws fixtures are:

Sept 5-7          GLAWS v Leicester Tigers
Sept 12-14      Bath v GLAWS
Sept 19-21      GLAWS v Harlequins
Sept 26-27      Sale Sharks v GLAWS
Oct 1 (Wed)    GLAWS v Newcastle Falcons
Nov 14-16       Saracens v GLAWS
Nov 21-23       GLAWS v Bristol
Nov 28-30       GLAWS v Northampton Saints
Dec 19-21       London Irish v GLAWS
Dec 26-28       Bristol v GLAWS
Jan 2-4            GLAWSv Saracens
Jan 9-11          Newcastle Falcons v GLAWS
Feb 13-15        GLAWS v Sale Sharks
Feb 20-22        Harlequins v GLAWS
Feb 27-Mar 1  GLAWS v Bath
Mar 6-8           Leicester Tigers v GLAWS
Mar 13-15       GLAWS v London Wasps
Mar 20-22       Worcester Warriors v GLAWS
Mar 27-29       GLAWS v London Irish
Apr 3-5            Northampton Saints v GLAWS
Apr 17-19        GLAWS V Worcester Warriors
Apr 25-26        London Wasps v GLAWS
May 9              Play-off semi-finals
May 16            Final
 

Full fixtures on the Guinness Premiership website.

 

 

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4 Jul, 2008 16:40 Report
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Re: Gloucester start season at home to Tigers
Let's hope it's all over by that last game at Wasps. But I bet it isn't.



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