Hibbard ready for "brilliant" clash

04 September 2014New-look Gloucester head to Franklin's Gardens on the back of a major squad and management overhaul at Kingsholm.

Summer signings Hibbard, James Hook, Greig Laidlaw, John Afoa and Jacob Rowan all make their Premiership debuts in cherry and white as Gloucester prepare for domestic business under new rugby director David Humphreys and recently-appointed head coach Laurie Fisher.

Saints, though, have a familiar look to them, with their host of England internationals all lining up in a team captained by hooker Dylan Hartley, and Wales wing juggernaut George Nort…