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Cameron Redpath's eventful few months... from six-week biting ban to important starting role at Sandy Park

Sale's Cameron Redpath gives orders in a Gallagher Premiership match at Bristol (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

England prospect Cameron Redpath is set for a busy afternoon on Sunday following his selection to start at full-back in Sale’s Heineken Champions Cup trip to Exeter. 

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The son of legendary Scottish scrum-half Bryan Redpath has made six starts in various European, Premiership and Premiership Cup games with the Sharks this term, but they all came at centre in either the No13 for No12 shirt. 

Now, though, the 19-year-old (he turns 20 on December 23) has been handed the responsibility of minding the house at full-back in a Sale XV that shows ten changes from the team beaten by the Chiefs in Manchester last Sunday. 

The selection is perhaps another indication that Steve Diamond is beginning to better trust the youngster who has been involved in England training and been a standout player for the English under-20s.

His start to this season had been hampered by the six-week ban for biting he received following an incident with Ireland’s Dylan Tierney-Martin at the World Rugby Under-20s Championship in Argentina.

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Redpath will find himself operating in a Sale back three featuring international pair Denny Solomona and Byron McGuigan.

Diamond has described his selection for Sale’s European visit to Exeter as an illustration of the strength in depth his squad now enjoys.

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One area of the team he has refused to alter, though, has been back row as he has opted to start with the same trio from last Sunday – Tom Curry at No6, Ben Curry at No 7 and Jono Ross captaining the side from No8.

EXETER: 15. Stuart Hogg; 14. Jack Nowell, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Sam Hill, 11. Ian Whitten; 10. Joe Simmonds, 9. Nic White; 1. Alec Hepburn, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Harry Williams, 4. Dave Dennis (capt), 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Dave Ewers, 7. Jacques Vermeulen, 8. Sam Simmonds. Reps: 16. Elvis Taione, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Marcus Street, 19. Jannes Kirsten, 20. Don Armand, 21. Jack Maunder, 22. Gareth Steenson, 23. Olly Woodburn.

SALE: 15. Cameron Redpath; 14. Denny Solomona, 13. Sam James, 12. Luke James, 11. Byron McGuigan; 10. AJ MacGinty, 9. Will Cliff; 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Curtis Langdon, 3. Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4. Matthew Postlewaite, 5. James Phillips, 6. Tom Curry, 7. Ben Curry, 8. Jono Ross (capt). Reps: 16. Akker van der Merwe, 17. Valery Morozov, 18. Willgriff John, 19. Bryn Evans, 20. Cameron Neild, 21. Fergus Warr, 22. Thomas Curtis, 23. Marland Yarde.

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
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There is this thing going around against Siya Kolisi where they don't want him to be known as the best national captain ever, so they strike him down in ratings permanently whenever they can. They want McCaw and reckons he is the best captain ever. I disagree.


Just like they refuse to see SA as the best team and some have even said that should the Boks win a third WC in a row, they will still not be the best team ever. Even if they win every game between now and the WC. That is some serious hate coming SA's way.


Everyone forget how the McCaw AB's intimidated refs, was always on the wrong side, played on the ground etc. Things they would never have gotten away with today. They may have a better win ratio, but SA build depth, not caring about rank inbetween WC's until this year.


They weren't as bad inbetween as people claim, because non e of their losses was big ones and they almost never faced the strongest Bok team outside of the WC, allowing countries like France and Ireland to rise to the top unopposed.


Rassie is still at it, building more depth, getting more young stars into the fold. By the time he leaves (I hope never) he will leave a very strong Bok side for the next 15- 20 years. Not everyone will play for 20 years, but each year Rassie acknowledge the young stars and get them involved and ready for international rugby.


Not everyone will make it to the WC, but those 51/52 players will compete for those spots for the WC. They will deliver their best. The future of the Boks is in very safe hands. The only thing that bothers me is Rassie's health. If he can overcome it, rugby looks dark for the rest of the rugby world. He is already the greatest coach in WR history. By the time he retires, he will be the biggest legend any sport has ever seen

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JW 1 hour ago
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No where to be seen OB!


The crosses for me for the year where (from memory);


This was a really hard one to nail down as the first sign of a problem, now that I've asked myself to think about it. I'd say it all started with his decision to not back form and fit players after all the injuries, and/or him picking players for the future, rather ones that could play right now.


First he doesn't replace Perofeta straight away (goes on for months in the team) after injury against England, second he falls back to Beauden Barrett to cover at fullback against Fiji, then he drops Narawa the obvious choice to have started, then he brings in Jordan too soon. That Barret selection (and to a lesser extent Bell's) set the tone for the year.


Then he didn't get the side up for Argentina. They were blown away and didn't look like they expected a fight and were well beaten despite the scoreline in my opinion. Worst performance of the year in the forth game and..


Basically the same problems were persistent, or even exaggerated, after that with the players he did select not given much of an opportunity, with this year having the most number of unused subs I can remember since the amateur days.


What I think I started to realise early on was that he didn't back himself and his team. I think he prepared the players well, don't get me wrong, but I'll credit him with making a conscious choice in tempering his ambition and instead choosing cohesion and to respect (the idea of it being important in himself and his players) experience first and foremost (after two tight games and that 4th game loss). I think he chose wrong in deciding not to be, and back, himself. Hard criticism.


And it played out by preferring Beauden to Dmac on the EOYT (though that may have been a planned move).


I hope I'm right, because going through all the little things of the season and coming up with these bullets, I've got to wonder when I say his last fault is one we have seen at the Crusaders, playing his best players into the ground. What I'm really scared of now is that not wanting a bit of freshness in this last game could be linked with all these other crosses that I want to put down to simple confidence issues. But are they really a sign that he just lacks vision?


Now, that's not to say I haven't seen a lot of positives as well, I just think that for the ABs to go where they want to go he has to fix these crosses. Just have difficult that will be is the question.

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