Preview: Rovigo v Gloucester
Gloucester have made a whole host of changes to their line-up for Saturday's Amlin Challenge Cup trip to face Rovigo in Italy.
Gloucester have made a whole host of changes to their line-up for Saturday's Amlin Challenge Cup trip to Rovigo.
They travel in search of a double over the Pool 5 minnows, having run in 14 tries in 90-7 victory in Round Two, but coach Bryan Redpath insists that there will be no complacency.
“We've got a job to do and we've got to get five points in Rovigo. We have to be aware of any kind of complacency and the focus this week has been on our mental approach,” he said.
“Our away form has been well documented. You've got to get that mentality right. The key thing is the individual and we have to make sure that individually we're mentally strong.”
Henry Trinder and Tim Molenaar form a new centre partnership and Lesley Vainikolo and Dave Lewis return to the starting line up.
In the pack, only Paul Doran-Jones, Peter Buxton, Will James and Andy Hazell retain their places with Buxton moving into the second row from the blindside.
The teams:
Rovigo: 15 Pablo Calanchini, 14 Marko Stanojevic, 13 Samuele Pace, 12 Francesco Zarattini, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 German Bustos, 9 Michele Zanirato, 8 Agustin Guzman, 7 Edoardo Lubian, 6 Aaron Persico, 5 Jean-François Montauriol, 4 Tomasso Reato, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Luke Mahoney, 1 Giovanni Boccalon.
Replacements: 16 Luigi Milani, 17 Nicola Marzolla, 18 Giuseppe Datola, 19 Marco Barion, 20 Davide Duca, 21 Alberto Zorzi, 22 Alberto Lunardon, 23 Younes Anouer.
Gloucester: 15 Olly Morgan, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Lesley Vainikolo, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Dave Lewis, 8 Matt Cox, 7 Andy Hazell, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Will James, 4 Peter Buxton, 3 Paul Doran-Jones, 2 Darren Dawiduik, 1 Yann Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Olivier Azam, 17 Pierre Capdevielle, 18 Rupert Harden, 19 Alex Brown, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 Jordi Pasqualin, 22 Tim Taylor, 23 Jonny May.
Date: Saturday, January 15
Kick-off: 15:00 (14:00 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Mario Battaglini
Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)
Assessor: Bertie Smith (Ireland)