Micky Young: Gloucester sign former Newcastle scrum-half

Micky Young was one 15 players to leave Newcastle Falcons in the summer

Ex-Newcastle, Bath and Leicester scrum-half Micky Young has joined Gloucester.

The 34-year-old has agreed a short-term deal at Kingsholm to add experience at nine after Caolan Englefield injured his shoulder in September.

Young left Newcastle in the summer to join Toulon as World Cup cover.

During his seven year spell at Newcastle he played 79 times and helped the club reach the European Challenge Cup and Premiership semi-finals in 2018.

"Micky brings with him a load of Premiership experience having played over 200 games for three different clubs," director of rugby George Skivington told the Gloucester website.

"We were disappointed to lose Caolan so soon into the season because we were really excited about his signing, but we're lucky to bring someone of Micky's calibre and experience in in the meantime."