Gloucester Rugby CEO: We were a big club, now we’re a sleeping giant

Gloucester Rugby CEO: We were a big club, now we’re a sleeping giant
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In their 15srcth season, everything should be looking rosy for Gloucester as the Cherry and Whites have spent the last couple of years dodging the financial woes that have caused other Premiership clubs to cease trading.
In their 150th season, everything should be looking rosy for Gloucester as the Cherry and Whites have spent the last couple of years dodging the financial woes that have caused other Premiership clubs to cease trading. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images)

In their 150th season, everything should be looking rosy for Gloucester as the Cherry and Whites have spent the last couple of years dodging the financial woes that have caused other Premiership clubs to cease trading.

But they aren’t exactly thriving on the pitch. Having never won a top flight professional domestic trophy or claimed the Champions Cup, Gloucester haven’t won anything since the 2014-15 Challenge Cup – Europe’s second-tier competition – and other clubs across the continent are starting to overtake them in stature.

The club seem to be forever in a rebuild, whether that’s on the pitch, in the coaching box or around the boardroom table. This off-season is no different.

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