Former captain Josh Beaumont is ready to help power Sale Sharks bid for the Gallagher Premiership title after more than nine months battling back from knee reconstruction. Steve Diamond, the Sale director of rugby, today revealed Beaumont, who was injured against Wasps last November, is ready to re-join the first team squad for the home Read More …
Steve Diamond insists controversy generated by his South African players not taking a knee before the match with Harlequins is a “storm in a teacup” and will not distract the team as they prepare to face Gallagher Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs at the AJ Bell Stadium on Friday. South African Minister of Sports, Arts, and Read More …
Sale Sharks have been tapping into Manchester City’s experience of dealing with rapid turnarounds between matches as they prepare for a return to Gallagher Premiership action that involves playing three rounds of mid-week fixtures. The heavy workload is needed to complete the remaining nine rounds of matches as the clubs clear the backlog of fixtures Read More …
Faf de Klerk is backing Sale Sharks team mate Dan Du Preez to force his way back into the Springboks squad after helping power the club into second place in the Gallagher Premiership table. Du Preez won the last of his four Springbok caps in 2018 and had to bounce back from the disappointment of Read More …
exclusive Marland Yarde is using one of the world’s top sprint coaches to relaunch his England rugby career after overcoming an horrendous knee injury that saw him undergo three operations to make it back onto the pitch for Sale Sharks. Yarde was injured against Newcastle in October 2018 with the severity of the injury raising Read More …
Rohan Janse van Rensburg wants to power Sale into the Gallagher Premiership play-offs and relaunch his Springbok career with the aim of facing the British and Irish Lions on their 2021 tour of South Africa. Van Rensburgh, 6ft and 17st, has become one of the most destructive ball carrying centre’s in Europe and will have Read More …
The Wales rugby regime change today gave WillGriff John , the Sale Sharks 20st uncapped prop, the chance to prove he can be a major force at international level after he was named in Wayne Pivac’s first Six Nations squad. Pivac, who has replaced Warren Gatland as head coach of the World Cup semi-finalists, was Read More …
Tom Curry’s all consuming desire to become England’s first choice No6 at the Rugby World Cup allowed him to shrug off a high shot from Ireland’s Rob Kearney at Twickenham which provoked widespread social media anger. While the match officials insist the angle they saw of the Kearney arm allowed them to rule it Read More …
exclusive Nick Kennedy and the London Irish coaches will get an exclusive insight into what makes Pep Guardiola one of the world’s top managers after being invited watch Manchester City train. Kennedy, the Irish director of rugby, plus coaches Declan Danaher, Paul Hodgson and George Skivington will then sit down with the former Barcelona and Read More …
My predictions for the final Aviva Premiership table positions at the end of the regular season; 1)Saracens; The arrival of Schalk Burger is massive for the club and he will take some of the ball carrying load off Billy and Mako Vunipola and Maro Itoje. Sean Maitland is a very useful utility back but most Read More …
