Sale Sharks

Jason Woodward scored a try nine minutes into his Bristol Rugby career as the hosts claimed their first win of the 2016-17 Anglo-Welsh Cup season after defeating the Sale Sharks by 26-11 at the Ashton Gate stadium on Friday.

Sale Sharks began their Anglo-Welsh Cup 2016/17 campaign with a thrilling victory after edging out Wasps by 17-13 at Salford.

Rugby can be a funny old game.

The Anglo-Welsh Cup returns this week and should prove the perfect platform, as it has for several years now, to develop the next generation of English and Welsh Test stars.

Bristol's losing streak continued as Sale Sharks outclassed them by 13-31 to claim a bonus-point victory in the Aviva Premiership encounter at Ashton Gate on Sunday.

Toulon bounced back from its home defeat against Saracens to defeat the Sharks by 5-15 at the AJ Bell Stadium during the 2016-17 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage clash on Friday.

Sale Sharks rugby director Steve Diamond believes the pressure will be squarely on the French giant Toulon when both the teams meet each other in the upcoming European Champions Cup game at AJ Bell Stadium on Friday.

Sale Sharks centre Johnny Leota has been suspended for two weeks by the Rugby Football Union after he was sanctioned for a dangerous tackle during the Aviva Premiership game last week.

Samoa centre Johnny Leota was cited by the Rugby Football Union following the dangerous tackle he made while playing for his club Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership game against Bath on Friday.

Bath ran three tries against the Sharks in front of record crowd at The Recreation Ground in Somerset to secure a 30-3 victory during the 2016-17 English Premiership clash on Friday.

Sale Sharks confirmed that former Ireland scrum-half Peter Stringer will remain on the sidelines for upto three months after a tear on his biceps tendon.

Worcester Warriors registered their second draw of the season after the 34-34 thriller against Sale at Sixways stadium on Saturday which saw nine tries being scored by both teams as each of them earned a try bonus point.

Gloucester finally managed to register their maiden victory in the ongoing Aviva Premiership season, defeating Sale Sharks by 13-26 at AJ Bell Stadium on Friday.

Harlequins forward Mat Luamanu has been handed a three-week ban by Rugby Football Union (RFU) for performing a dangerous tackle during the Aviva Premiership encounter against Sale Sharks at AJ Bell Stadium last week.

Fly-half Dan Mugford added 14 points as Sale Sharks secured their first victory of the Aviva Premiership season after defeating Harlequins 19-10 at AJ Bell Stadium on Friday.

With the 2016/17 season of Aviva Premiership underway, we take a look a look at some of the key statistics from the round two encounter between Worcester Warriors and Gloucester followed by the Sale Sharks and Harlequins clash on 9th September.

The 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season kicked off this weekend and it certainly delivered.

Newcastle Falcons survived a late scare from Sale Sharks as they went on to win their opening game of the Aviva Premiership with a thrilling 19-17 victory at Kingston Park on Friday.

England fly-half Danny Cipriani is confident of restoring success back to Wasps after rejoining the English Premiership club from Sale Sharks.

Sale Sharks centre Sam James has signed a new four-year contract with the English Premiership club ahead of the 2016/17 season.