1.   The former British Lions lock has a leg infection after being stung by a jelly fish while on holiday.

2.   Gardiner will play with former All Black halfback Jon Preston, who played for Canterbury and Wellington previously, and former Australian lock Warwick Waugh at the club.

3.   Gloucester chairman Alan Brinn, a former England lock, also condemned the sentence on Devereux.

4.   Oliver, son of former All Black lock Frank Oliver, never has played a test match.

5.   The move has not been a success with the former international lock currently on the bench for the Crushers reserve team.

6.   Former All Black lock Steve Gordon was knocked down and concussed.

7.   Former All Black lock Steve Gordon was knocked out and concussed.

8.   Former England lock Paul Ackford, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, was equally impressed.

9.   Oliver, son of former All Black lock Frank Oliver, is uncapped.