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Banned: Chris Ashton
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James O’Connor

There’s very rarely a dull moment at Sale but they have surpassed themselves in recent weeks.
Their build up to this Premiership start has been dominated by the eye-popping signing of Chris Ashton, their explosive warm-up game and win – lest we forget – at T14 champions Castres and Ashton’s wounding seven week ban for tipping Rory Kockott over after the two clashed down in France.
The fall out of that ban and match is on-going. Sale director of r...