Former England winger Marland Yarde is back in rugby after securing a Top 14 contract with Bayonne until the end of the 2022/23 season.
Sale boss Alex Sanderson has broken the club’s silence on its terminated relationship with Marland Yarde, the ex-England international who tweeted last weekend that he was the unnamed player arrested last January by police.
Former England international Marland Yarde has issued an apology eight months after his arrest by police which ended his five-year stay at Sale, the Manchester-based Gallagher Premiership club.
Alex Sanderson is hoping that his youthful back three of Luke James, Arron Reed and Tom Roebuck can let rip at Ashton Gate and tip the outcome of the Champions Cup round of 16 clash with Bristol the way of Sale.
Mike Brown has revealed that Eddie Jones used to organise 5am walkthroughs for his England squad that the coach didn't turn up for but would instead secretly watch on a CCTV camera to police the reaction of the players.
Sale will fly out to France on Saturday for Champions Cup action having made three changes to their starting XV following a difficult week that included the Premiership club confirming that they had suspended an unnamed player following his arrest last Sunday.
Bristol ended a run of four successive Gallagher Premiership defeats as they continued Sale’s away-day blues by winning 32-15 at Ashton Gate.
Director Alex Sanderson has his team's discipline foremost in his mind following the naughty aspects of the last two Sale performances.
Going into Saturday's Test at Twickenham, Wallabies' coach Dave Rennie will have his chance to consign the wretched five-year record of the Jones vs Michael Cheika era to history.