Assault-charge Jennings gets a new chance

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By NEALE HARVEY
FALLEN former Sale Sharks and England U20s midfield star Mark Jennings has spoken of how the combined assistance of the Rugby Players Association, Wilmslow Rugby Club and longtime friend Jonny Kennedy has provided him with salvation.
Jennings hit rock bottom last April when he was fined and put on probation for assaulting a police officer – an incident fuelled by drink that was the culmination of loneliness, a fatherless upbringing and an addiction to drugs, alcohol and pain-killers.
His professional rugby career finished, Jennings left Sale on a ‘sabbatical&rsqu...

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