Gloucester Rugby Opponents

4. First ever knock out cup match opponents.
5. Gloucester's first European Challenge Cup game was against these traditional opponents.
7. University team who have beaten Gloucester 27 times.
8. Team from East Sussex who Gloucester faced in the cup in 1985/86.
10. English team defeated by Gloucester in a European Challenge Cup final.
12. A traditional easter time opponent.
15. Traditional Boxing Day opponents before Lydney.
16. Red and black wizards.
17. Welsh team who replaced Cardiff on the fixture list in the 1980's
18. Gloucester's first ever league match opponents.
19. Midweek opponents, usually with a few old Bristol players in the side.
20. Knocked Gloucester out of the cup in 1977. Revenged in 1978.

1. 23 times champions of England (as of July 2024) who lost 5-0 to Gloucester on their only visit to Kingsholm.
2. Their home is 10.7 miles from Kingsholm and they have played Gloucester over 100 times
3. Beaten by Gloucester in 2 English cup finals.
4. Gloucester beat this team in 2 successive cup finals.
6. Beaten in a final by both the men's and women's team.
9. The team that Gloucester have beaten the most since 1873.
11. Beaten Gloucester more times than any other team.
13. Beat Gloucester 12-3 in the final league match of 1990.
14. Wear green, white and red stripes.
19. New Zealand team who once racked up 70 points at Kingsholm.