The Burns brothers go against each other on the opening day of the Premiership season

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Gloucester play Leicester Tigers tonight in the first game of the new Premiership season.

Brothers Freddie and Billy will be playing on opposite sides in the opener at Kingsholme.

Freddie Burns, who is four years older than his brother, left Gloucester in 2014 to join Leicester Tigers.

He is ready for the challenge that Gloucester and his brother will pose.