Gloucester enter the sport fifth within the Premiership after ending Northampton Saints’ 17-match successful dwelling run with a 25-17 victory at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday.
Skivington stated quantity eight Mercer and wing Ollie Thorley are on crutches and could have scans on knee accidents sustained throughout that win, however he has been impressed by the performances of his fringe gamers and expects to rotate his group within the Problem Cup.
“They have not misplaced there in over a yr, so to carry them out within the second half in the best way that we did was nice,” he stated, having overseen redemption for a 90-0 defeat at Northampton in Could.
“We noticed the perfect on either side of the ball; we attacked very well within the first half and acquired actually examined defensively within the second half. The character in collisions and the workrate was excellent.
“We might like a little bit of stability – not one half assault, one half defend – however the good factor is we have proven our mettle and the way a lot it means. You do not battle that tough until you have acquired a standard trigger and a extremely good group who’re tight-knit.
“It provides us a very good benchmark. We knew Saints was the final word take a look at, to see if we may go there and match their sport that was so spectacular final season.
“It wasn’t the entire efficiency that we had been taking pictures for, however there have been numerous good indicators there.”