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Gloucester will proceed to rotate their squad for nan remainder of nan Premiership run pinch nan purpose of being capable to "do immoderate damage" adjacent season, says head of rugby George Skivington.
The Cherry and Whites are ninth successful nan array pinch 3 games remaining and already good retired of nan moving for a apical 4 place.
Skivington made 10 changes for nan 46-24 conclusion by Saracens past week.
"You've sewage to negociate smart, you've sewage to expose group astatine nan correct time, you've sewage to return these opportunities while they're connected offer," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"At nan commencement of adjacent play we want to do immoderate harm successful nan Premiership and there's nary constituent trying to propulsion group successful nan heavy extremity astatine that point.
"We want to beryllium successful a position to compete week-to-week and I deliberation location is an opportunity for america successful nan backmost extremity of this play to make judge we're successful a position pinch a full squad to do that adjacent year."
While Gloucester won a first trophy successful 9 years successful March pinch nan Premiership Rugby Cup and stay successful nan conflict for a second, pinch a European Challenge Cup semi-final to travel against Benetton connected 4 May, they person struggled successful nan league.
A club-record 9 consecutive losses done October to January all-but ended their chances of reaching nan play-offs and they could decorativeness successful nan bottommost 2 for nan 2nd consecutive season.
"Ultimately nan nine wants to beryllium successful and we recognise we are wherever we are now truthful it's really important there's immoderate things we're building for now," Skivington said.
"There's still a batch of pride. I cognize we can't peculiarly climb nan array and look very different but everybody who takes nan section successful nevertheless galore [matches] we're fortunate capable to person will beryllium fighting for shirts now, shirts successful nan future.
"They're alert of that."
Gloucester could look a importantly different squad adjacent play pinch Wales scrum-half and fly-half Tomos Williams and Gareth Anscombe and Racing 92 winger Christian Wade among those moving to Kingsholm.
The nine has besides not commented connected whether erstwhile England winger Jonny May will enactment adjacent season.
Speaking connected nan The Good nan Bad and nan Rugby podcast, external this week, May said it was "unlikely" he would beryllium Gloucester.
