Champions Cup finalists Racing 92 show an interest in Gloucester forward

loosehead Val Rapava-Ruskin could be set to swap the West Country for after emerging as a target for finalists .

Georgian-born Rapava-Ruskin, 28, has spent the last three years playing for the Cherry and Whites after three years with .

And he is now weighing up his future after failing to make the breakthrough into ' squad despite being on his radar for the last couple of years.

He left his native Georgia when he was two years old and grew up in and was one of four uncapped players named in England's preliminary World Cup training squad last year.

Rapava-Ruskin was also in the running for a place on England's tour to before picking up a six-week ban for pushing a referee in the back.

He was a youth team player with and a move to Racing would end any hopes he has of making a breakthrough into Jones' set up which now looks unlikely to happen.

If he does opt to move to France, it would be another blow for Gloucester who have seen a series of players leave Kingsholm since Johan Ackermann departed for during the summer.

Franco Marais, Owen Williams and Tom Marshall all followed him to NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes while Franco Mostert, Gerbrandt Grobler and Ruan Dreyer were among others who left the club.

NEIL FISSLER

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