IT IS tempting to suggest that if South African-laden Sale are serious about leaving their current home in Salford in favour of a location closer to their collective heart, they should apply for planning permission somewhere between Johannesburg and Durban.
A plot of land on the eastern edge of the Free State sounds about right.
As it is, they have set their eyes on a site near their modest old stamping ground of Heywood Road, where Jason Robinson, Mark Cueto, Steve Hanley, Charlie Hodgson and other proper northerners once tripped the light fantastic - usually in front of a passionate crowd...