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Gloucester hopes growing on solid foundations

THEIR destiny is in their own hands, Gloucester stand nine points clear at the head of the Zurich Premiership and though Nigel Melville, their director of rugby, insists that his club seldom look farther than the next match, a glance at their remaining fixtures suggests that they will not be easily overtaken in the new year.

“You don’t tend to look at the big picture, we leave that to you fellows,” Melville told the media after the victory away to Northampton last Saturday. “We don’t look long-term. All we know is the opposition we are playing next week.” In fact

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