By PAUL REES

Sale are looking at ways of filling the AJ Bell Stadium to capitalise on a strong start to the season which took them to second in the table behind also unbeaten Saracens.
The Sharks’ average crowd for their first two home Premiership matches against Northampton and Exeter was under 5,000 and 1,735 turned up to watch the Premiership Cup match against Leicester last month.
Sale’s co-owner Simon Orange is concerned at the attendance figures. As Sale do not own the stadium, their income from it is restricted to ticket and merchandise sales.
“We need more supporters at games if ru...