Rising star Trinder has extended his stay at Kingsholm © Getty Images

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Gloucester centre Henry Trinder has put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension with the Aviva Premiership club.

The 22-year-old, widely regarded as one of the most promising young midfield talents in the game, has extended his stay at Kingsholm until at least the end of the 2013-14 season. A silky runner with ball in hand and possessing a cultured left boot, he made his senior debut as a replacement in the 2007-8 season but 2010-11 was very much his breakthrough campaign at the club when he made 15 starts in all competitions, scoring 13 tries in the process.

Understandably, Trinder was delighted to sort out his immediate future. "I'm very pleased to get it out of the way," said Trinder. "It now gives me an opportunity to concentrate on the rest of this season and the two seasons to come after that."

"I'm really happy to stay at Gloucester, I'm enjoying my rugby here. The coaches are great, the other players are great and we've got a really good atmosphere in the squad. There was no decision to make really."

A former England U20 international, he represented England in the non cap international against the Barbarians in May and scored a try. He then went on to play a pivotal role for the England Saxons in their successful defence of the Churchill Cup in June. And he was quick to pay tribute to the role paid by head coach Bryan Redpath in his development.

"Brush wants me to push on. He's always been very supportive and backed me as a player and that's given me great confidence to go out and play my game within the team structure," he said. "I like working with him, Hoggy and the other coaches and the new contract means I can now focus on fulfilling my potential."