Redpath has ruled out wholesale changes at Kingsholm this summer

Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath has played down talk linking his side with Worcester lock Graham Kitchener.

The 20-year-old has made nine league starts for the Warriors and a further 13 appearances as a replacement.

"There's probably about four or five players we could look at," Redpath told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

"Kitchener's a young lad. I'm sure he'll want to stay around Worcester and find out who's going to coach them and see what challenges he's got."

Kitchener still has a year to go on his current deal at Sixways but may attract interest from other clubs following Worcester's relegation from the Premiership.

Redpath has previously stated that his main target ahead of next season is a lineout specialist after Marco Bortolami headed back to Italy and Adam Eustace joined Northampton.

However, the Kingsholm coach's stance could be influenced by Gloucester's visit to Worcester for their final game of the season. Although he is keen to bring a new man in sooner rather than later.

He said: "We're focussed on the game for the weekend and then my job after that is to make sure we get the right person in here the following week."

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