Gloucester full of confidence as they send Munster warning

GLOUCESTER captain Phil Vickery and coach Dean Ryan last night sounded a warning for Munster ahead of today’s Heineken Cup opener at Kingsholm.

Gloucester are full of confidence having climbed into a clear lead at the top of the Zurich Championship and will perform this afternoon in front of a partisan, sell-out crowd of 11,500.

Only about 1,500 of that number will be supporting Munster who will line in out in their change strip of navy, red and white to avoid a clash of colours with Gloucester’s famous cherry and white. It appears the majority of Munster fans are waiting for later in the season before coming out in numbers and some 1,000 tickets remained unsold in Cork and Limerick and were returned to the host club.