Having made two replacement appearances to date, Val Rapava Ruskin will make his first Gloucester Rugby start in Friday night's Aviva Premiership Rugby fixture against Worcester Warriors at Kingsholm (kick off 7:45pm).

Gloucester left themselves with simply too much to do at Welford Road after a wretched first quarter and, despite a much improved second half, couldn't claw their way back into the game, the Leicester Tigers running out winners by 24 points to 10.

Second row Ed Slater will start against his former club on Saturday as Gloucester Rugby make half a dozen changes to their starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership fixture at Leicester Tigers.