Ackermann rings the changes for Montpellier test

By NEALE HARVEY

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SCRUM-HALFJoe Simpson insists Gloucester are faced with no other choice but to rotate their squad to cope with a congested season.
Despite pushing Top 14 champions Toulouse close last weekend, Cherry & Whites boss Johan Ackermann makes 12 changes to his starting XV at Montpellier today – a match Gloucester most likely need to win if they are to make the quarter-finals.
Star men Danny Cipriani, Ben Morgan, Tom Marshall and Ed Slater are out of the matchday 23 altogether, while the only positional surviv...

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