CHRIS HEWETT

Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of Kingsholm are up against it off the field, as well as on it – Gloucester’s trip to Georgia in the opening round of the Challenge Cup was fraught with danger. If rugby in the Cotswolds is unforgiving even on a good day, rugby in the Caucasus on a bad day can be merciless.
As it turned out, the West Countrymen sneaked past the fully professionalised Black Lion franchise by five points, but the contest in Tbilisi was every bit as competitive as they had expected and, perhaps, feared. On their first a...