• Fired-up Ben Morgan wants to shoulder more responsibility

  By StevenGeorge

  Well done to Morgan on his England call up. It is just a shame for those Gloucester Rugby players...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 06:00 on 23/05/13

  

  TEN-CAP number eight Ben Morgan will be a positive veteran by England standards this summer. The 24-year-old strike-running loose-forward admits he is relishing the opportunity to assume a greater leadership role with Stuart Lancaster's squad this summer. With a host of senior stars busy in Australia with the British Lions, England head coach Lancaster has selected 12 uncapped players for the two-Test Argentina showdown next month. ...

• County honours go to Smith, Champion in Marathon feat

  By gmaycock

  I think my wife Fee was the fastest county runner. She runs for Belgrave Harriers in London but is...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 06:00 on 25/04/13

  

  MIKE Smith and Juliet Champion emerged as Gloucestershire's top runners in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon. Smith, an experienced member of Bourton Road Runners tackling his 13th marathon, finished a highly respectable 67th overall on the championships start in a time of two hours, 32 minutes, 55 seconds. That time was well outside his lifetime best of 2:26.12, which he ran ten years ago when winning the Abingdon marathon, but it was...

• Gloucester Rugby: Ben Morgan calls for winning mentality

  By DanTheMan47

  We have really missed Rupert Harden's power and skill in the scrum and ruck & maul. We really...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 06:52 on 16/04/13

  

  SLOPPY Gloucester have dug themselves their biggest test of character yet – but Ben Morgan still believes they can clamber back out, and into the Premiership play-offs. Fit-again Morgan came off the bench for his first action in three months in Friday night's shambolic 32-9 league defeat at Sale Sharks, after ankle ligament trouble. While he is relieved to be back for the campaign's final drive, Morgan admitted Gloucester have...

• Gloucester boss Nigel Davies expects injured England number eight Ben Morgan to miss five more weeks

  By JBuddy

  There is no arguing against the obvious and that is that Harden is the first choice and best...

            

   

  By The Citizen at 13:17 on 20/02/13

  

  GLOUCESTER believe Ben Morgan's ankle problem could rule him out for five more weeks – jeopardising his Six Nations and conflicting with England's hopes he could be fit to face Italy. England boss Stuart Lancaster said on Monday he aimed to have number eight Morgan fit for the March 10 Twickenham clash with the Italians. Lancaster suggested the 23-year-old could even have been ready to prove his fitness in Gloucester's Friday,...

• Holm Truths: Commitment issues? Morgan is happy to take the plunge

  By Steve_Bronko

  Congratulations to Ben Morgan on both his engagement and his England call-up. Congratulations also...

            

   

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 09:03 on 02/02/13

  

  Six Nations overdrive and domestic bliss: Ben Morgan happily has his hands full. The Gloucester number eight explains how England have no choice but to target the European crown. BEN Morgan moved house on Saturday and went shopping for wedding rings on Sunday. Perfect for the summer, but this was last weekend – his final free time before the Six Nations. Gloucester's number eight just cannot shoulder enough challenges. The...

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