■By DANIEL GALLAN

IT DOESN’T happen too often, but every now and then the words, “in English please,” can be heard ringing out from the Carrington training ground of Sale Sharks.
It’s not meant in any xenophobic manner. It’s just that not many of the squad can understand the Afrikaans that almost a dozen of Steve Diamond’s players can speak.
Under Diamond, Sale – who face London Irish today in Brentford – have amassed so many South Africans that even they forget which country they’re in.
Apart from the Manchester weather, Faf ...