Gloucester continue their quest to own every centre in world rugby

Lock up your midfields!  With the purchase of film-star monikered Matthew J Watkins yesterday it seems the Kingsholm outfit will not stop until every centre on the planet is on their books.  The Wales man joins in the same summer as Olly "Wedding Crasher" Barkley, and adds his name to a list that already contains Mike Tindall and Anthony Allen, among others.

Rumour has it that the IRB have called a special meeting to stop super-villain Dean Ryan taking possession of every inside-threequarter on earth.  They have heard he plans to form a massive army of slightly stocky blokes, which he will then command to take over the country with a series of cleverly-angled runs, scissor moves and miss-passes.

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