Gloucester vs London Irish

It was closer than many thought but our back of Gloucester at the weekend came good as they ran out 23-21 winners

Gloucester vs London Irish, Saturday, 2.30pm

Gloucester are imploding again this season and have a tough game at home to London Irish.

The issue here for both sides though is how have the losses to international duty hurt them. Mike Tindall has gone for Gloucester and with it most of their defense organisation in the backs.

Delon Armitage has been released to play this weekend as has Nick Kennedy but Irish away losses to Sale and Saracens has people wondering if this group can cut it away from home. This is another hard test for them but Gloucester are shorn of confidence themselves and need a win here.

At 1/2 Gloucester are short. Are they backable though? I prefer to watch this and hope to get them nearer 1.7 on Betfair. Then I shall back them at home and try to trade out. I expect home support to swing the game for them but they need to be bigger for me than 1/2. One penalty against early and then I would be on as the price reacts.