By Ben Jaycock

George Skivington has been dealt a major early season blow as he looks to right the wrongs of the past few seasons at Kingsholm.
Prop Val Rapava-Ruskin, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, pulled out on the eve of last weekend’s 35-26 defeat to Saracens with an injury to his other knee which has left Skivington wondering if he can ever catch a break.
England hopeful Rapava Ruskin, who had been a key piece in the Gloucester pack prior to his knee troubles, is joined on the sidelines by fellow prop Jamal Ford-Robinson (throat infection) and hooker George McGuigan...