They were due to fly to Penzance the following Thursday for Friday's PRC game versus the Cornish Pirates, but the journey never happened. Instead, they were told at dawn that the club was being liquidated and would not take its place in the 2023/24 Championship.
While most of the focus is currently on the Rugby World Cup in France, the 2023/24 BKT United Rugby Championship season gets under way this weekend.
The 2022-23 Gallagher Premiership season kicks off on Friday with a west country derby between Bristol and Bath at Ashton Gate.
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson paid tribute to Faf De Klerk following the South Africa scrum-half’s final game for the club in a 42-19 Gallagher Premiership victory at home to Bristol.
Sale marked the departures of South Africa duo Faf de Klerk and Lood de Jager in perfect fashion as they recorded a 42-19 Gallagher Premiership victory over Bristol at the AJ Bell Stadium.
A trio of internationals are set for their final Bristol Bears bow after being named in the squad that is set to play Sale this weekend in the final round of the Gallagher Premiership regular season.
Rugby returned to terrestrial TV in a boon to domestic rugby and with the Six Nations just days away, rugby is set to return to centre stage in a big way
Nathan Hughes was a standout for Wasps as 90 New Zealanders partook in club competitions all across Europe over the weekend.