 The 2017–18 season was slow starting, losing the first six games of the season, before defeating Brive during the first round of the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup.It wasn't until another three weeks before they gained their second win of the season, beating Northampton Saints 30–15 in round 8 of the Premiership.With the club struggling, Alan Solomons joined the club as a short-term assistant to Gold, in a bid to try and keep the club in the top level of English rugby.