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Tindall ready for 'massive game'

This weekend is a really massive game - probably the most important game for us in the pool stages.

Mike Tindall.
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Captain Mike Tindall has dubbed Sunday's Heineken Cup clash with Cardiff as Gloucester's "most important game" in Pool 6.

Having secured a superb 22-10 opening victory over Biarritz, Gloucester will head to the Millennium Stadium full of confidence.

The Blues, though, will go into the game on the back of a 56-20 thrashing of Calvisano - and Tindall admits it will be a huge game in the terms of who makes it out of the group.

"This weekend is a really massive game - probably the most important game for us in the pool stages," said Tindall.

"The environment, the atmosphere and the whole occasion is going to be huge and hopefully we will find out what our boys are made of.

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"And if you can't get up for a game against the Blues at the Millennium Stadium in front of a huge crowd then there is something wrong with you. How we turn up and how we get our game right will determine how we get on."

Although Gloucester will be well drilled on what to expect from Cardiff come Sunday, Tindall admits his side will be more focused on building on their own performance from the win over Biarritz.

"I have not seen much of the Blues this season but last year I was impressed with the way they tried to play, so this week we will do our homework and analysis on them although we already know they have a lot of good ball carriers and skilled players," Tindall said..

"What we are focusing on is trying to get our own stuff right as we know that if we do that we are good enough to come away with a win.

"The win over Biarritz was a great start for us and the choices we made were the right ones although we were a bit disappointed we did not score a few more tries.