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Gloucester fans ruffle feathers in boisterous start for experiment

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Saracens came from 14-12 down to beat Gloucester 36 -14 at StoneX Stadium.

Premiership trial of away zones in two matches has polarised opinion.

Schoolkids in Gloucester section lambasted Fergus Burke with: “You're just a shit Owen Farrell .” No one was ejected from the stadium.

Next week Harlequins take their Ultras of Suburbia to Welford Road and a good few hundred are expected.

The club have described the trial as a progressive step’ and say players “thrive off the noise and energy that a vocal cluster of away support can bring’.

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