Sale Sharks Season Preview
Coach: Alex Sanderson
Captain: Ben Curry
Sale Sharks failed in their bid last season to go one better than the year before when they lost the Premiership final to Saracens.
They took a step back, finishing third rather than second and finding themselves on the road in the play-offs. They pushed Bath all the way but injuries robbed them of options on the bench.
The occasion was doubly downbeat for the Sharks as it meant there would be no Twickenham finale for the likes of Sam James, Manu Tuilagi and Cobus Wiese, just a long goodbye on the coach back to the north.
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