Centre Brendan Macken wants to keep Gloucester morale high during...

Brendan Macken says he wants to make every moment count while he wears the Gloucester uniform, helping the team in the build up to potentially two crucial Champions Cup play-off matches.

The Leinster loanee is filling into that 13 berth that has been struck by injury and suspension throughout a rocky domestic season.

Bill Meakes, who was suspended for two matches following his red card in Gloucester's European victory at the Stoop, has made the position his own in the absence of injured pairing Henry Trinder and Mark Atkinson.

Meakes will return from suspension in time for the Cherry an…