The players all purchased presents themselves for the children and brought smiles to countless faces on the Children's Wards at a difficult time for those in hospital over Christmas.

Head Coach Bryan Redpath said:

"It was a real pleasure visiting the children. It's obviously very difficult being in hospital at any time but particularly at Christmas."

"As a squad, we thought it would be a nice gesture if we all bought a present and helped in just a small way to brighten up someone's Christmas. I'd like to think we achieved that today."

Many thanks to the Gloucester Citizen for the use of the images.

Olivier Azam and Alex Brown meeting Olivia Hughes from Churchdown at the Children's Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Wednesday.

(c) Gloucester Citizen