Sale Sharks

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.

Sale Sharks have announced a new four-year deal with former England U20 hooker Cameron Neild.

Not too many people expected then 18-year-old fly-half Adam Hastings to make an impact in senior rugby last season but that’s just what he did following a highly impressive string of performances in the 2015 edition of the Singha Premiership 7s.

After 24 games and 1033 points tallied across two weekends of summer sevens action, attention now turns to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, where on Sunday (7th August) eight teams will battle it out for the 2016-17 season’s first piece of silverware.

Samoa international TJ Ioane has extended his stay with Sale Sharks after signing a new three-year deal with the English Premiership club.

Former Exeter Chiefs fullback Byron McGuigan has been signed by Sale Sharks on a two-year contract.

English Premiership club Sale Sharks have unveiled their new 2016/17 home kit in partnership with the Norfolk-based Samurai Sportswear with the iconic ‘Shark Fin’ making a comeback into the design.