BR - puzzle

By Cherry Picker
December 1 2010

After high hopes that Gloucester’s weekend game would beat the bad weather, Sale Sharks have had to call it off because of the condition of the area surrounding the stadium in Stockport. Hot air balloons have kept the pitch playable, but health and safety consideration have won the day ... again. 

For too long now Gloucester's travelling fans have turned up at away games wondering which Glaws team they will see in action – the one that won at Bath, or the other one, that has lost all the others?
Only a wide-eyed optimist would expect any Premiership team to win all their away games, but surely a team with Gloucester’s ambitions and pedigree should have a better away record in all competitions at this stage of the season than one that reads played 6, won 1, lost 5.
You can’t win ‘em all, but you should be expected to do better at some of the places Glaws have visited this season, and the stark contrast between home and away form has to be a major cause for concern for coach Bryan Redpath.
Sale are just one place above Newcastle and one below Bath near the wrong end of the table, but they have beaten Harlequins and Newcastle at Edgeley Park, their third Prem win coming at Leeds.
There is a school of thought amongst the Glaws players that suggests the way the team sprang to the defence of Charlie Sharples in the scenes that followed his weekend try against Saracens is a sign of togetherness that can only help through the season.
Lock Dave Attwood told the Citizen: "It got us really fired up and going, and it's amazing what little things like that, and a really solid finish, can do for you.
"No one really likes to see anything unnecessary, and I don't even know what that was an attempt at on Charlie to be honest.
"We don't like to see that, and as a unit we stick together and we'll always try to help our team mates out.”
A surprise comment, perhaps, bearing in mind Gloucester’s disciplinary record this season, but you can see what he means.
It’s worth remembering, though, that many refs might have been stricter with some of the participants in the brawl at Kingsholm.

Weather threat as Glaws search for away form

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