Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.Â
Ten weeks after Gloucester announced that one-time England prospect Jason Woodward was leaving them at the end of the 2021/22 season, Sale Sharks have confirmed their signing on a one-year deal of the former New Zealand U20s player.
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
Sale full-back Simon Hammersley has announced that he will retire from playing at the age of 29 and pursue a career away from rugby following the expiry next month of his three-year contract at the Manchester club.
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson was pleased with his side’s second-half improvement in their 35-27 win over Newcastle.
Sale kept their Gallagher Premiership top-four hopes just about alive with a 35-27 bonus-point win over Newcastle.
Courtney Lawes and Tom Curry, the duo who captained England in their recent five-game Guinness Six Nations campaign, are back in action on Friday night for their respective clubs, Northampton and Sale, following injury.
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.
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.