RECAP: Gloucester v Ulster
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our coverage of the European Cup Round Two encounter between Gloucester and Ulster at Kingsholm.
Both Gloucester and Ulster will be looking for their first European wins of the season.
The English side were beaten 55-10 in Lyon in Round One, whilst the Irish province went down narrowly to 2020 semifinalists Toulouse.
Gloucester and Ulster have met on four occasions in the Heineken Champions Cup, with the Cherry and Whites winning three of those four matches, including both home games in that run.
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Teams
Gloucester: 15 Kyle Moyle, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Louis Rees-Zammit, 10 Lloyd Evans, 9 Charlie Chapman, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (captain), 6 Jordy Reid, 5 Matías Alemanno, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Ciaran Knight, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Val Rapava Ruskin.
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Alex Seville, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Seb Nagle-Taylor, 21 Toby Venner, 22 George Barton, 23 Henry Trinder.
Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Matt Faddes, 13 James Hume, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Billy Burns (captain), 9 John Cooney, 8 Nick Timoney 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Sean Reidy, 5 David O’Connor, 4 Alan O’Connor, 3 Marty Moore, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Eric O’Sullivan.
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Kyle McCall, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Matt Rea, 20 Greg Jones, 21 Alby Mathewson, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Ethan McIlroy.
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Assistant referees: Tom Foley (England), Phil Watters (England)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)