Billy Twelvetrees a kid captain on a daunting mission to take Gloucester back to the heights of the club game

It was a conversation with Gloucester legend Pete Buxton that convinced Billy
Twelvetrees he had what it took to captain the club this season, despite the
challenge of assimilating 26 new players into the squad at Kingsholm.




Twelvetrees had never been captain in any of the sports he had excelled in as
a boy, which included cricket and football.

He had a sense that leadership
would sit comfortably on his shoulders, but it was the endorsement of
Buxton, who played 273 times for Gloucester between 2002-13, that proved
decisive.




“I have had a lot of advice and I asked …