Sale Sharks have announced that fly-half Rob du Preez has signed a new contract with the Gallagher Premiership club until the end of the 2025/26 season.
English rugby will reintroduce promotion and relegation between the Premiership and the second-tier Championship through a two-legged playoff, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Friday.
Bath prop Beno Obano has been handed a four-game suspension following his red-card incident in the recently concluded Gallagher Premiership final against Northampton Saints last weekend.
Two years ago, there was a sense of the unknown for Bath and Stevie Scott but now club and scrum coach are in an extremely good moment with the Blue, Black and White going for the Premiership title at Twickenham.
Northampton Saints have named an unchanged line up for the upcoming Premiership final game against Bath to be played at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
Furbank, who was in the stands the last time Northampton won the Premiership, is hoping Saints can deliver a fairytale ending for a number of club icons.
An injured Tuilagi could only watch on as Sale slipped to semi-final heartache but one of the greats of the Premiership has backed a budding Sharks youngster to possibly fill his shoes.