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Sharks Match News
Friday, September 3rd 2010
"The Dawn of a new era"
Sale Sharks open their season with a home match, a 20-year old captain, and under a New Zealand coach. "The Dawn of a new era", states the front cover of the match programme. This evening's news, you might think, but no - the 2000-2001 season started on Saturday 19th August against Bath. The visitors, a power in the land whose squad at the time included Iain Balshaw, Steve Borthwick, Mike Catt, Ben Clarke, Phil De Glanville, Jeremy Guscott, Dan Lyle, Lee Mears, Mike Tindall and Tom Voyce left Heywood Road, having witnessed a late Nicky Little drop goal make the score 33-32 in the home side's favour.
Sharks Match News
Friday, September 3rd 2010
Tonight's Game - As it Happened
Sale Sharks 35, Newcastle Falcons 18
Sharks Match News
Thursday, September 2nd 2010
This is the day
The wait is over: the first ever Aviva Premiership Rugby match will be at Edgeley Park tonight, Friday, 3rd September (7.45 p.m.) when Sale Sharks meet Newcastle Falcons. Interest in the game has been building up all week, with the Ticket Office reporting brisk trade. The weather forecast is set fair, and the Open Air Fans' Village is being prepared, including the Aviva Arena and the Taylormade Betting shop, plus a variety of food and drink outlets. The Supporters' Club table will be by the Sapphire Suite door, and interviewer Graeme Bowers has been practising his pronunciations of the names of the club's new stars. After a season of Koyamaibole, Lewaravu will be a "piece of cake"!
Sharks Match News
Thursday, September 2nd 2010
Nine possible debutants for Sale Sharks
Mike Brewer has selected his team for tomorrow evening’s Season Opener against Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership at Edgeley Park. Nine of the 23 have yet to make their competitive debuts for the club.
Sharks Match News
Thursday, September 2nd 2010
Tom Brady 10/1 to Score First Try of 2010/11 Season
Sale Sharks have teamed up with North West bookmaker Taylormade Betting to provide supporters the chance to place at bet at Edgeley Park before the match. Taylormade have listed Premiership debutant Tom Brady at 10/1 to score the first try of the 2010/11 Premiership season.
Sharks Match News
Wednesday, September 1st 2010
Sale Sharks celebrate the "Big Night Out"
Sale Sharks, the North West's Premier Rugby Club, spread themselves far and wide across the region on Tuesday as they visited fifteen prominent rugby clubs to help kickstart their seasons. Two players and a club official visited the clubs, distributing posters, offering ticket deals, answering questions, joining in with some coaching if requested, and leaving behind a signed rugby ball for fundraising.
Sharks Match News
Wednesday, September 1st 2010
From Tuesday's Carrington Press Conference
Mike Brewer opened by announcing the appointment of James Gaskell as captain of Sale Sharks for season 2010-2011, saying, "I know it will be a surprise to a lot of people due to James's young age. As far as what I'm looking for in a captain, it's someone to take the club forward in this journey we're about to embark on. He'll be a key player in the squad over the next 3 to 5 years and the biggest trait that I'm looking for is someone perpared to put his body on the line, and someone who won't be asking players to do something he can't do himself.
Sharks Match News
Wednesday, September 1st 2010
Brewer speaks about Pesamino
Asked about the non-appearance of Samoan winger Mikaele Pesamino, Head Coach Mike Brewer said that he still fully expects the man known as 'Lightning' to come to Edgeley Park. Brewer said, “Mikaele’s agent is Freddy Tuilagi who’s a difficult chap to get a hold of, but he’s in the UK right now - I spoke to him this week so at this stage the visa has not been granted for him.”
Sharks Match News
Wednesday, September 1st 2010
McMillan in, Harris gone, Thomas selected.
Neil McMillan (flanker, born 15 May 1981) is on trial at Sale Sharks. Neil was educated at Belfast Royal Academy and was part of the BRA Schools' Cup winning team in 1997. McMillan joined Ulster Rugby at the start of the 2001-02 season and has represented Ireland from Schools, U19 to U.21 level. After a frustrating time with a series of injuries in the 2003-04 season, Neil was back in action in the early part of 2004-05, representing Ireland in a number of Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifying Tournaments in the summer and playing for Ulster until an injury sustained in a pre-season friendly resulted in him needing reconstructive surgery on his knee, ultimately resulting in him winning the Rugby Cyborg Championship. Neil made a successful return to rugby at the start of the 2005-06 season with Ulster, and signed for Harlequins FC in 2008.
Sharks Match News
Tuesday, August 31st 2010
Sale Sharks announce youngest ever captain
Sale Sharks are delighted to announce that James Gaskell will captain the side during the 2010-2011 season. When James leads the side out on Friday evening against Newcastle Falcons aged 20 years, 106 days, he will become the youngest-ever captain of Sale Sharks. The previous record was held by Alex Sanderson, who was captain during the 2000-1 season.
Sharks Match News
Monday, August 30th 2010
Why did the ref blow his whistle?
The following refereeing directives have been issued by the IRB and are to be implemented at all levels of the game. Their aim is to ensure that there is an equal contest for possession and to allow the game to flow more freely. The RFU has provided clips to illustrate the implementation of Law:click here
Sharks Match News
Monday, August 30th 2010
Sale Sharks: announcing new captain
Sale Sharks will be announcing their captain for season 2010-11 at 1 p.m. today, Tuesday. Head Coach Mike Brewer has steadfastly played a dead bat to all questions on the subject in the past three weeks, leaving supporters debating the issue. There was no assistance on the club's Press Day photoshoot, when Mark Cueto, Charlie Hodgson and Dwayne Peel were in a central position on the front row. The club was at pains to point out that this was simply because they are three senior players, and because the team group is ordered according to height.
Sharks Match News
Monday, August 30th 2010
Brewer: "We're as ready as we can be"
Speaking in the UKFast Media Suite after Friday's victory against Benetton Treviso, Sale Sharks' Head Coach Mike Brewer said, "In terms of Newcastle next week, we're as ready as we can be. Now it's a case of making sure the guys stay fit, sharp and hungry. It's about doing the simple things well, at pace. If we do that, we should be OK. " He also revealed that he was "four fifths" certain in his mind of his starting fifteen.
Sharks Match News
Saturday, August 28th 2010
Sharks impress in final rehearsal
Sale Sharks entertained Benetton Treviso at Edgeley Park in their final warm up game before the big Aviva Premiership Rugby kick off against Newcastle Falcons next Friday. Treviso were no mean opponents, and the Sharks regularly incurred the wrath of referee Dave Pearson, who took just eleven seconds to award a penalty for crossing after skipper Gaskell had caught the kick off, which McLean slotted over. The Sharks seemed edgy, but the lightning darts of Peel settled them down. On nine minutes, Sharks went ahead following a deft offload by Tuilagi in a sweet passing move, for the onrushing Williams to finish. Wihongi, on the Edgeley turf for the first time, suffered an ankle injury and was withdrawn. McLean missed a 19th minute penalty chance and on 21 minutes it should have been try two when Brady broke clear. Somehow, the impressive Seymour couldn't ground the ball - possibly his only mistake of the match. Miller added a penalty four minutes later before Seymour made amends with a try to take the score to 15-3. Tonetti had been instrumental in the build up, and several pairs of hands helped the ball to the fair haired flanker before he surged through. McLean scored a penalty to end the half, but the crowd had seen 40 minutes of offloading rugby, with several players posing future selection problems for Mike Brewer .
