Carraro Will Enjoy the Kingsholm Challenge ; 'You Get a Bit of Lip From the Gloucester Fans, but That's Part of the Game.'

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IF YOU'RE a West Country lad, or even a plain English lad who happens to enjoy his rugby, the significance of a Bath-Gloucester derby will not be lost on you. But what about if you're from the southern hemisphere? Bath have a contingent of Springbok superstars in their ranks: Butch James, Luke Watson and Michael Claassens. But playing outside that sparkling trio there's another, more under- stated, player who also hails from the other side of the world.

Australian Matt Carraro might not be a household name in either this country or his homeland, but he has been a rock solid, versatile asset for Bath in the outside backs since he arrived from the New South Wales Waratahs in the summer of 2009.

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Carraro Will Enjoy the Kingsholm Challenge ; 'You Get a Bit of Lip From the Gloucester Fans, but That's Part of the Game.'

A hard runner and an even harder tackler, Carraro may not have a dizzying side-ste...

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