Walker's Boot Puts an End to Bath Jinx ; Ryan Gamble Pays Off As James Left Firing Blanks

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DEAN RYAN'S courageous reshuffle for this West Country derby was rewarded when he watched his newlook Gloucester break a 20-year league hoodoo at the Recreation ground yesterday.

Fly-half Willie Walker, preferred to Ryan Lamb from the side beaten by Leicester Tigers last week, played a blinder and enabled Gloucester to overcome a jinx that has haunted their visits for two decades.

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Walker's Boot Puts an End to Bath Jinx ; Ryan Gamble Pays Off As James Left Firing Blanks

The 30-year-old New Zealander harvested a total of 16 points to outgun his opposite number Butch James in the kicking stakes and beat off a late surge by Bath to retrieve their damaged reputation...

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