By PAUL REES

It was typical of Gloucester’s season – make that the last couple – that when they came up against a front five in last weekend’s Challenge Cup final that contained four World Cup winners they were missing three frontline forwards.
The Sharks’ front row was made up of Ox Nche, Bongi Mbonambi and Vincent Koch and packing down behind them was Eben Etzebeth, whose sinew-straining tackle on Chris Harris meant Gloucester had nothing to show for a strong opening 10 minutes.
The match turned on the scrum with Gloucester penalised throughout. They were missing loose-head Val Rapava Ru...