Also in the team were Damien Davis, Kevin Giles, Kevin Midgley, James Bowyer and Mike Murray.

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At outside half, Gatland will have Owen Farrell and Jonathan Sexton, while his scrum half options will be Conor Murray, Mike Phillips, and Ben Youngs.

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Both teams were without several international stars because of Saturday's Six Nations fixtures, with Northampton missing Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Dylan Hartley and Euan Murray and Gloucester without Mike Tindall, Gareth Delve and Marco Bortolami.

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After Murray Goodwin (93) and Ed Joyce (74) had laid the foundations, captain Mike Yardy saw his side home on 288-4.

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