Director of Rugby: David Humphreys
Captain: Willi Heinz
Ground: Kingsholm
Capacity: 16,500
The arrival of tightheads Fraser Balmain and Gareth Denman and loose-head Val Rapava- Ruskin could be almost as big a coup as getting Johan Ackermann as head coach.
Ackermann transformed the Jo’burg Lions from basket-cases into Super 18 title contenders, so the Gloucester pack will get the shake-up it needs. Expect forwards like tight-head John Afoa and lock Jeremy Thrush, as well as lock Mariano Galarza, to now have to play for their shirts.
With lock Ed Slater arriving from Leicester there w...