SALE’S director of rugby Steve Diamond was full of his praise for his live-wire Springbok scrum-half, Faf De Klerk.
“Despite us losing, Faf was man of the match as he brings what people want to see,” Diamond said.
“It was always going to be tight and the first half went very well but we didn’t take our chances.
“We gave away silly penalties and the pitch was heavy. We are not used to playing on a surface like that and it sapped our energy levels.

“I was disappointed with parts of our play but they had a big pack of forwards who were backed by a la...