SALE boss Alex Sanderson reckons rising star ‘Raffi de Klerk’ could be even better than World Cup-winning South African Faf de Klerk.
Quirke scored twice against Quins to press his England claims in front of watching England boss Eddie Jones.
He has been given a chance to shine with De Klerk sidelined through injury after international duty, drawing comparisons between the scrum-halves.
Yet Sanderson said: “I think he deserves his own nickname because he’s his own man.
“I think he has every chance of being as good, if not better, than Faf.”
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