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Henry Thomas got his shot in the dark now he’s ready to shine for Sale

5 September 2013 1 comment

Henry Thomas, as one of the few beacons of light in a dark season for Sale, has been forced to learn his trade on the job – but England’s latest prop idol would have it no other way.

Jeremy Guscott previews the 2013-2014 Aviva Premiership season

4 September 2013 1 comment

A new season approaches and I’m really looking forward to a great fight to see who becomes Champions and who avoids relegation. At the top […]

Moment in Time: Sharks show class to rip chunks out of the Tigers

2 September 2013 1 comment

Leicester and Wasps had dominated English rugby for seven years. The Tigers, under Dean Richards, had claimed four consecutive league titles between 1999 and 2002, […]

Peter Jackson: Groundhog Day, and Gav blinks back into the light

29 August 2013 0 comments

During the course of fox-trotting his way into five clubs over 20 months, Gavin Henson has danced to the same old tune. Every move, every […]

Mike Forshaw talks tough to Danny Cipriani and Co

9 August 2013 0 comments

As a Rugby League international as well as former Iron Man competitor, Sale’s new defence coach Mike Forshaw is clearly not to be messed with. […]

No frills on Jon Mills as he swims with the Sale Sharks

27 July 2013 1 comment

In his heart he’ll always be a Dragon, but Jon Mills is now prepared to do whatever it takes to stoke the fires at his […]

Mike Catt input can steer me to top says Luther Burrell

25 July 2013 0 comments

Luther Burrell racked up a Premiership final appearance and an England debut in his first season with Northampton – but the centre insists working with […]

Wasps’ Lee Thomas retires

16 July 2013 1 comment

London Wasps centre Lee Thomas has been forced to retire from the game having failed to recover from a ruptured Achilles suffered last season. Thomas […]

Wade and Kvesic to make Test debut

6 June 2013 1 comment

Christian Wade and Matt Kvesic will win their first Test caps for England after being named in the starting XV by Stuart Lancaster to face […]

Chiefs to face Heineken Cup champions next season

5 June 2013 0 comments

Exeter will face European Champions Toulon in the Heineken Cup next season. The Chiefs have been drawn with the French giants in Pool 2 while […]

Three new caps for Scotland against Samoa

4 June 2013 0 comments

Greig Tonks, Alex Dunbar and Pat McArthur are set for their Scotland Test debut after being named in the starting XV to face Samoa in […]

Sharks move for Joe Ford

13 May 2013 1 comment

Sale Sharks have made another signing for next season by swooping to capture Leeds Carnegie playmaker Joe Ford. Ford, brother of George and son of […]

Scotland name nine uncapped players

7 May 2013 1 comment

Scotland have included nine uncapped players in a squad of 31 for next month’s quadrangular international tournament in South Africa. The event will see double-header […]

Baa-baas squad nearing completion

7 May 2013 0 comments

London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England later this month. The […]

One more signing at Wasps

3 May 2013 0 comments

London Wasps announced the signing of hooker Neil Cochrane for next season from Bedford. The former Scotland Under-21 international has previously played for Doncaster and […]

England U20 bring Purdy in for injured Jennings

30 April 2013 0 comments

England U20 have been forced into making a change to their IRB Junior World Championship squad after Sale Sharks centre Mark Jennings was ruled out with […]

Andy Powell switches codes

23 April 2013 1 comment

As revealed by Neil Fissler on April 7 in The Rugby Paper, Andy Powell has signed a three-year deal with the Rugby League side Wigan […]

Eifion Lewis-Roberts not guilty of doping

16 April 2013 1 comment

Sale prop Eifion Lewis Roberts has been found not guilty of doping following an ongoing case which was open after the French Top 14 final […]

London Irish sign Rotherham duo

10 April 2013 0 comments

London Irish added depth to their back-line option with the signings of Eamonn Sheridan and Fergus Mulchrone from Championship side Rotherham on two-year deals, it […]

London Irish and Sale almost safe after entertaining draw

31 March 2013 1 comment

London Irish and Sale have almost secured their place in the Premiership as they drew 33-33 in a very entertaining game at the Madjeski Stadium […]

20 Questions: James Gaskell – Sale lock/flanker

22 March 2013 0 comments

Tough season to date? Very, both physically and mentally. But as a younger player you might as well learn the hard way and hopefully it’ll […]

Tom Arscott joins Sale

21 March 2013 0 comments

Tom Arscott will leave Premiership strugglers London Welsh at the end of the season to join their closest rivals in the relegation battle Sale, it […]

Dan Braid has the appetite to satisfy Sale hunger

16 March 2013 0 comments

Sale flanker Dan Braid was so confident that 2013 would turn out to be a good year he saw it in twice. Since arriving in […]

LV=Cup final: teams

15 March 2013 1 comment

Harlequins: Ross Chisholm; Tom Williams, George Lowe, Tom Casson, Sam Smith; Ben Botica, Karl Dickson; Mark Lambert, Rob Buchanan, Will Collier; Sam Twomey, Charlie Matthews; […]

Nick Cain assesses the dramatic fight for survival at the bottom of the Premiership

10 March 2013 2 comments

If relegation is meant to be all about dull, unambitious, lock-tight rugby then London Welsh and Sale have not been listening. Nor, for that matter, […]

Harlequins v Bath Harlequins: Chisholm; Williams, Lowe, Casson, Smith; Botica, Dickson; Lambert, Buchanan, Collier; Twomey, Matthews; Fa’asavalu, Wallace (Capt.), Guest. Replacements: Ward, Marfo, Sinckler, Browne, […]

Dream Team: Andy Powell – Sale and Wales No.8

6 March 2013 0 comments

1. Adrian Garvey – The big South African just edges out Gethin Jenkins because he was tall and strong. His work-rate around the pitch was […]

Young Gun: Nathan Fowles – Sale scrum-half

2 March 2013 0 comments

Some players go their whole careers waiting place at Europe’s top table but the Heineken Cup has been a case of early learning for Sale […]

Warriors swap for Shark Richie Vernon

26 February 2013 0 comments

Richie Vernon will leave Sale at the end of the season and return to the Glasgow Warriors after signing a three-year deal with the Scottish […]

New contracts for Sharks Miller and Braid

22 February 2013 1 comment

Rob Miller and Dan Braid have signed new contracts with Premiership Sale Sharks, it was announced today. Last year Premiership top try scorer Miller joined […]

Stuart Lancaster name unchanged England to face France

19 February 2013 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster has kept faith in the match-day squad that beat Ireland 12-6 in Dublin naming the same 23 players to face France on Saturday. […]

London Welsh v Sale: highlights

18 February 2013 1 comment

Sale secured a vital 26-25 win against London Welsh yesterday in Oxford in their battle to avoid relegation. Watch the highlights of this thrilling game […]

England on agenda if Sale survive says Danny Cirpiani

14 February 2013 1 comment

Danny Cipriani believes his rollercoaster season could yet culminate in a call-up for England’s tour of Argentina – if he can engineer Sale’s Premiership survival. […]

All-English LV=Cup semi-finals as Harlequins beat Ospreys

4 February 2013 0 comments

Premiership Champions Harlequins claimed a 16-12 win over Pro12 champions Ospreys yesterday meaning there will be no Welsh representative in this year’s LV=Cup semi-finals. Harlequins, […]

Live: England U20 v Scotland U20

1 February 2013 0 comments

Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as the England U20 take on the Scotland U20 in the opening round of the RBS U20 […]

Henry Thomas called up by England

27 January 2013 0 comments

Henry Thomas will train with the England squad ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham. The Sale Sharks‘ tighthead, who only […]

Live: Sale v Scarlets

25 January 2013 0 comments

Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as Sale take on the Scarlets in the 3rd round of the LV=Cup at the Salford City […]

Sharks thumped at home by Montpellier

11 January 2013 1 comment

Sale suffered an heavy 27-6 loss to the hands of Montpellier at the Salford City Stadium in the fifth round of the Heineken Cup tonight. […]

Vunipola named Game Changer of the month

10 January 2013 0 comments

London Wasps barn-storming No.8 Billy Vunipola has won the Gatorade Game Changer Award for December for his performance against Sale at Adams Park. The Game […]

Hendre Fourie ‘not required to leave England’

9 January 2013 0 comments

Ex-England international Hendre Fourie has been told that “he is not required to leave the UK” by the UK Border Agency. Reports earlier this week […]

Billy Twelvetress named in England’s Six Nations squad

9 January 2013 1 comment

Billy Twelvetress has been named by Stuart Lancaster in the England Elite Player Squad for the upcoming RBS Six Nations. The uncapped Gloucester centre, one […]

David Ellis – “I can turn Danny Cipriani back into an England star”

9 January 2013 2 comments

Defence coach Dave Ellis says he can help Danny Cipriani get back into the England side. Gifted Sale Sharks playmaker Cipriani has not represented his […]

Retired Hendre Fourie faces deportation

7 January 2013 1 comment

Former Sale Sharks and England flanker Hendre Fourie is facing deportation to South Africa after being forced to retire because of a shoulder injury last week. […]

Nick Cain: Toulon are a triumph for French TV as well

4 January 2013 1 comment

The most startling statistic to come out of Round 4 of the Heineken Cup was not so much Toulon‘s nine try, 62-0 annihilation of Sale, […]

Fourie retires but Braid signs for Sale Sharks

3 January 2013 1 comment

Sale’s former England flanker Hendre Fourie has retired because of a shoulder injury, but the Sharks have strengthened their pack by signing New Zealand open-side […]

Mitchell leaves Sale Sharks

29 December 2012 2 comments

Sale Sharks have announced that interim boss John Mitchell has left the club and returned to South Africa for “personal reasons”. The 48-year-old former All […]

Sale Sharks still alive with bonus-point defeat at London Wasps

23 December 2012 0 comments

Sale secured a last gasp losing bonus-point against London Wasps to keep their hopes of avoiding relegation alive this afternoon. While Wasps had the game […]

Live: Wasps v Sale

23 December 2012 1 comment

Live running commentary from our man Nick Verdier as London Wasps take on Sale in the eleventh round of the Aviva Premiership at Adams Park […]

Late call for Danny Cipriani

8 December 2012 0 comments

Danny Cipriani will start at fly-half for Sale‘s reception of Toulon in the third round of the Heineken Cup this afternoon. The mercurial playmaker was […]

John Mitchell officially joins Sale

28 November 2012 0 comments

As expected and revealed in The Rugby Paper over a month ago, John Mitchell has taken over as a member of Sale‘s Rugby Strategy Management […]

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