Team News | Sale Sharks v Gloucester Rugby
CorpAcq Stadium
Thursday 25 September | 7.45pm kick off
The first Gloucester Rugby side of the 2025/26 Gallagher PREM season has been revealed. The Cherry & Whites open their league campaign with a trip to Manchester to take on Sale Sharks tomorrow evening.
Club Captain, Tomos Williams, makes his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury on the Summer Lions tour. He starts alongside new signing Ross Byrne at half-back, with Vice-Captain Seb Atkinson and Max Llewellyn lining up in midfield.
The back three consists of Ollie Thorley, Ben Loader and Charlie Atkinson.
In the pack, Harrison Bellamy makes his first Gallagher PREM start alongside Jack Innard and Afo Fasogbon in the front row.
Arthur Clark and Matias Alemanno combine in the second row, with Freddie Thomas, James Venter and Jack Clement completing the starting XV.
On the bench are two more potential PREM debutants in Kealan Freeman-Price and Josiah Edwards-Giraud.
Archie McArthur, Kirill Gotovtsev, Cam Jordan and Lewis Ludlow wait in the wings for the forwards, whilst Caolan Englefield and Will Joseph are covering the backs' positions.
Gloucester Rugby matchday squad
15 Charlie Atkinson
14 Ben Loader
13 Max Llewellyn
12 Seb Atkinson (VC)
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Ross Byrne
9 Tomos Williams (C)
1 Harrison Bellamy*
2 Jack Innard
3 Afolabi Fasogbon
4 Arthur Clark (VC)
5 Matias Alemanno
6 Freddie Thomas
7 James Venter
8 Jack Clement
16 Kealan Freeman-Price*
17 Archie McArthur
18 Kirill Gotovtsev
19 Cam Jordan
20 Lewis Ludlow
21 Caolan Englefield
22 Will Joseph
23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud*
*Denotes Gallagher PREM debut.
