Charlie Sharples, Tom Savage sign Gloucester Rugby contract extensions

Gloucester Rugby duo Charlie Sharples and Tom Savage have signed long-term contract extensions with the Aviva Premiership club.

The pair have played a combined total of over 260 games for the team.

Sharples, 25, has spent his entire career with Gloucester, while 26-year-old Savage is also an academy graduate at Kingsholm Stadium.

"I'm incredibly happy to have signed a new contract," Sharples told the club's official website. "I've been with Gloucester my whole career and didn't have any intention of looking elsewhere.

"Gloucester is a good place to be at the moment. It's a settled group, players and coaches alike, and we're really looking forward to building on the foundations we put in place last season."

Gloucester start the new season with a trip to Newcastle Falcons on October 16.