Head coach Bryan Redpath
Captains Mike Tindall and Gareth Delve
Arrivals Tom Voyce (London Wasps), Nicky Robinson (Cardiff Blues), Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu (Bath), Pierre Capdevielle (Brive), Paul Doran-Jones (London Welsh), Tim Molenaar (Nottingham)
Departures Ryan Lamb, Iain Balshaw, Gareth Cooper, Olly Barkley, Carlos Nieto, Matthew Watkins, Anthony Allen, Mark Foster, Jack Adams
Last season Premiership: sixth. Heineken Cup: pool. Gloucester’s spectacular collapse during the run-in cost Dean Ryan his job as head coach. Tom Walkinshaw, the chairman, could not stomach yet anther season of missed opportunity as yet again the club choked when it mattered.
Prospects Bryan Redpath, Ryan’s deputy, takes the helm. Over the summer he has engineered an overhaul of the underperforming squad that has led to a mass of departures but not much