Gloucester Squad announced for 2025/26 season

Gloucester Rugby have announced that all signings have now been completed and the Cherry & Whites' playing squad for the 2025/26 Gallagher Premiership, Investec Champions Cup and Premiership Rugby Cup season has now been finalised.

The Club has been busy recruiting for the season ahead, with 13 new first team arrivals, including Irish international fly-half, Ross Byrne, and 53-cap All Black, Nepo Laulala.

These include the likes of Irish international fly-half, Ross Byrne and 53-cap All Black, Nepo Laulala.

In the back line, further firepower has been added with Ben Loader, Will Joseph, Ben Redshaw, and Mike Austin joining the Club, whilst James Venter, Jack Mann, Hugh Bokenham, Josh Basham, Jack Innard and Will Trenholm have all signed on to bolster the forward effort..

There is also a significant intake from the Gloucester Rugby U18s to the newly restructured Academy & Sub-Academy squads, with ten players making the step up.

The intake contains a variety of players from Gloucestershire, and the new Academy region that was introduced last summer following the introduction of the new Men's Professional Game Plan (MPGP).

Gloucester Rugby squad 2025/26

Props

Jono Benz-Salomon

Afolabi Fasogbon

Jamal Ford-Robinson

Kirill Gotovtsev

Ciaran Knight

Nepo Laulala

Archie McArthur

Val Rapava Ruskin

Hookers

Seb Blake

Jack Innard

Jack Singleton

Second-row

Matias Alemanno

Hugh Bokenham

Arthur Clark

Danny Eite

Cam Jordan

Freddie Thomas

Back row

Josh Basham

Jack Clement

Lewis Ludlow

Jack Mann

Harry Taylor

Will Trenholm

James Venter

Scrum-half

Mike Austin

Caolan Englefield

Tomos Williams

Fly-half

Charlie Atkinson

Ross Byrne

Centre

Seb Atkinson

Will Butler

Will Joseph

Max Llewellyn

Back three

George Barton

Josh Hathaway

Ben Loader

Jake Morris

Ben Redshaw

Rob Russell

Ollie Thorley

Academy

George Alexander (Prop)

Olly Allport (Back row)

Jonno Balding (Second row)

Jack Cotgreave (Back three)

Josiah Edwards-Giraud (Centre / Back three)

Kealan Freeman-Price (Hooker)

Deian Gwynne (Back row / Second row)

Caio James (Back row)

Max Knight (Centre)

Will Knight (Centre)

George Knowles (Hooker)

Jayden Wrottesley (Back row)

Sub Academy

Harrison Bellamy (Prop)

George Dufty (Back three)

Jack Gilbert (Back row)

Olly Minus (Prop)

Freddie Ogden-Metherell (Second row)

Dan O'Reilly (Back row)

Rhys Price (Scrum half)

Oscar Rees (Second row)

Harry Wright (Prop)

EAP Pathway

Rio Ebanks (Scrum half)

Freddie Stevens (Back row)