SET against the Covid cruelty suffered by untold millions on a global scale, Gloucester’s inability to fulfill their fixture at Worcester yesterday sounds too trivial for words. Chris Pennell would agree even if it denied the fans on their re-admission to Sixways the chance to salute the most faithful of Warriors.
After 14 years and 253 matches, he deserved a thunderous farewell, all the more so given that loyal one-club men are almost as thin on the ground as straight feeds into the scrum.
It would be safe to suggest that had Gloucester turned up yesterday, the standing ovation for ...