THE most depressing comment of last week came from Alex Sanderson, which was counterintuitive, since the Sale director of rugby is one of the more upbeat, positive-minded members of the Union tribe. 
Talking of Manu Tuilagi, which everyone in rugby seems to do incessantly, even when the human bowling ball is doing next to nothing, which is most of the time, Sanderson said: “Manu’s in great shape…he looks massive. It’s really exciting to see. He looked scary out there (in training). Scarily powerful.”
And there we have it. Proof positive that as far as the common herd of coaches are concern...