Cherry Jam - A Gloucester Rugby Supporter Podcast

Despite a great start and leading 14-0 after only 10 minutes, Gloucester came up short away to Leicester at Welford Road. A late resurgence by the Cherry and Whites meant two bonus points and retaining top spot as we go into the first round of European fixtures.

We discuss what went wrong, what went right and our predictions for the Bordeaux game on Friday.

Elsewhere, worryingly low crowds at Exeter and Leicester plus Sarries pitch making news as Bristol deliberately rest players due to concerns around injuries.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

Russ Brookes

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Gloucester are top of the league with a maximum 10 points from 10 after hammering a poor Harlequins side at Kingsholm.

A superb performance in front of an expectant and jubilant crowd, we discuss the best bits, what we want to see moving forward and whether a win against Leicester away would mean we all have to adjust our expectations.

Meanwhile, Saracens and Brendan Venter have found new and inventive ways of making themselves even more unlikable.

Finally, Ed chats with friend of the pod and fellow Gloucester supporter Bill Battistone about the Cherry and Whites start to the season, the chance of a Six Nations match heading Stateside (and whether even US rugby fans would actually want this) and how US Rugby is developing ahead of the 2031 World Cup.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

James Eastwood

Bill Battistone

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Even the most confident Gloucester supporter would have struggled to predict that result and performance. The Cherry and Whites ran in seven tries in a scintillating display that was one of the best we have seen for some time.

We discuss the team performance but also the individuals who stood out, where we can still see room for improvement but also where we hopefully see the patterns and bedrock for future success.

As ever Snowy will run through the latest Cherry Jam Stats to give some context behind the result.

Meanwhile, the Red Roses earnt a very late (and rather comical) last play win over the Black Ferns at a packed Twickenham.

Ed Price

James Eastwood (Snowy)

Lawrence Landray

Russ Brookes

Jim Harley

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No Gloucester game last week but we as we have reached 187 games since we started the pod, we decided to talk about some of our favourite performances and results during that time.

Loz gives us his thoughts ahead of the new season and we also discuss the Red Roses draw against Canada, plus other results in the Women's game including a superb opening win for a young Glos-Hartpury team away at Quins.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

Lawrence Landray (Loz)

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Gloucester won their first game of the season with a convincing performance and victory over Sale in the Prem Cup. We discuss the game, who stood out and where we see room for improvement. Meanwhile as Russ took his son to his first Men's game, he took advantage of the Safe Space area (found in the old club shop space) and we want to sing the praises not only of the staff but the club as a whole.

Snowy introduces our new sister site - cherryjamstats.com which we hope will give some much needed data and context through out the season.

Andy Charsley provides this weeks two minute summary while Jim and Ed run through the Red Roses win over Australia in the WXV while asking whether Sydney Sweeney or the BBC have done more damage to women's sport in the preceding week.

If you would like to donate to Russ, running the Badminton Marathon in memory of his late wife, Emily, please go to:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/rem-em-bering

Ed Price

Russ Brookes

James Eastwood (Snowy)

Special thanks to Andy Charsley

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Gloucester took a strong squad down to Bristol for their first game of the season but lost narrowly in an entertaining game. We discuss the game, the new drinking experience at the ground and get a summary/alternative fan view of the performance.

Meanwhile, Gloucester also released their new European shirt and Cardiff managed to sell out all of their special 150th Anniversary shirt in about 1 hour.

We preview (briefly) the Sale game on Saturday and also the Red Roses first WXV game against Australia as once again the squad is full of Glos-Hartpury players.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

Special thanks to Colin Boag

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After a long summer we are back and raring to go for hopefully a more successful season on the pitch.

We discuss the new shirts, the open day experience and some of the clues we might have gleaned from the training session the fans got to sit in on - apart from the fact no one could catch or pass.

Thankfully with no rugby to talk about we are still full of hope and optimism as we look ahead to the first few rounds of the Prem Cup and PREM league fixtures.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

Russ Brookes

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Gloucester ended a turbulent season on a high note with a dominant and deserved win over bottom side Newcastle. We chat through the game, the encouraging signs for next season and where we might see some continuity in tactics and style.

Meanwhile, Glos-Hartpury suffered a shock defeat at home to Bristol in their final league game of the season. Resting plenty of their key players, the girls missed numerous opportunities while gifting Bears at least 12 points in a scrappy display.

Are there reasons to be concerned as we preview this weekends semi-final at Queensholm?

Finally we round up all the rumours and confirmed departures from both Gloucester and Glos-Hartpury.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

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Gloucester lost out in a hard fought, exciting and end to end match away to Northampton. We discuss the game, the performance and why the standards set in the match should be a source of encouragement (provided we can follow it up!)

Two bonus points mean that the Cherry and Whites are in control of their own destiny on the final weekend in their search for Champions Cup Rugby.

Meanwhile Gloucester Hartpury suffered their first league defeat of the season away to Ealing (who qualified for the playoffs) - we chat why this might not be the worst thing to happen while also discussing the announced departures of Sarah Beckett, Zoe Stratford and Tatiana Heard.

Finally we go through the various Rugby rumours out there too.

Ed Price

Russ Brookes

Jim Harley

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Gloucester fell to a disappointing but not unexpected defeat away to Saracens. We chat through the potential positives and whether this is anything more than a good side beating an average one.

Elsewhere, the Red Roses secured another Six Nations Grand Slam with their best performance of the Championship beating France in Bordeaux.

South African sides may be on their way out of European competitions, we ask if this a good thing (YES!)

Finally, Jim explains the importance of a good tiller in Dragon Boat racing.

Ed Price

Jim Harley

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