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How to watch Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Falcons live on TV and full team news

-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)
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The Cherry and Whites host Newcastle Falcons at Kingsholm on Saturday in a huge game for both clubs in the final Gallagher Premiership game of the block before the switch to the Premiership Rugby Cup during the Autumn Nations Series.

Both Gloucester and Newcastle have won once this season, with George Skivington's side coming out on top in a 44-41 thriller away at Bristol and the Falcons beat Exeter Chiefs 24-18 at last weekend.

Here are all the ways you can follow all the action...

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When is the game?

Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Falcons is being played on Saturday, October 26 at Kingsholm Stadium.

What time is kick-off?

The kick-off time is at 3pm.

Is the game on TV or being streamed?

Yes. The match has been selected to be shown live by broadcasters TNT Sports and online on the discovery+ app.

The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 5 with coverage starting at 2.45pm.

Highlights will also be available on the Premiership Rugby website shortly after the game.

How else can I follow the game?

If you are not going to be inside the stadium, and even if you are, GloucestershireLive will be live blogging the match bringing you all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis, interviews and highlights.

Will there be live radio commentary of the match?

BBC Radio Gloucestershire will also be providing live commentary of the game.

What's the team news?

Gloucester Rugby: 15 Josh Hathaway, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Charlie Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin, 2 Jack Singleton, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 4 Arthur Clark, 5 Freddie Thomas, 6 Jack Clement, 7 Lewis Ludlow (C), 8 Zach Mercer.

Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Harry Taylor, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Louis Hillman-Cooper, 23 Ioan Jones

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Alex Hearle, 10 Ethan Grayson, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Jamie Blamire, 3 Richard Palframan, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 5 John Hawkins, 6 Philip van der Walt, 7 Tom Gordon, 8 Callum Chick (captain).

Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Sebastian de Chaves, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Brett Connon, 23 Ben Stevenson.

Who are the officials?

Referee: Ian Tempest

Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace and Greg Macdonald

TMO: Rowan Kitt