TEAM NEWS | SALE SHARKS JETS v HARLEQUINS JESTERS
There will be plenty of first team experience on show when the Sale Sharks Jets take to the CorpAcq Stadium pitch on Saturday for their first fixture of the season, with skipper Tom Burrow, Tristan Woodman, Ethan Caine, Ollie Davies and Alex Wills all named in a strong XV.
Trialists Thomas Lambo and Billy Pasco will also get the chance to impress after joining the club on trial, while first year Senior Academy talent Will Bayston will run out at the CorpAcq for the first time.
The Jets will take on the Harlequins Jesters on Saturday after the Sharks first team have got their Champions Cup campaign up and running against Glasgow Warriors and ONE ticket gets you in for both games. Get yours now here!
With coaches watching on, this game is a chance for the club’s brightest young talents to make the case for first team minutes when the PREM Rugby Cup restarts in November.
Ralph McEachran, Ethan Caine and Tye Raymont will team up in a powerful front row with captain Burrow and Patrick Hogg supporting them in a towering second row.
Jos Gilmore, Woodman and Reuben Logan make up a back row with 18 Gallagher PREM games between them.
England U18s scrum-half Bayston and Davies form the half-back partnership, with former Northampton Saints academy centre Pasco and Osian Roberts outside them in the centres.
Sebi Krippner and Wills will start on the wings with trialist Lambo at full-back.
Oli Spencer, Alfie Longstaff and Patreece Bell are the front row replacements with Charlie Bray, Dylan Hodkinson and Seb Kelly also in reserve. Sedgley Park scrum-half Mason Winterburn, U18s player Tom Gaffey and David Opoku-Fordjour are the backs on the bench.
Starting XV:
15. Thomas Lambo
14. Alex Wills
13. Osian Roberts
12. Billy Pasco
11. Sebi Krippner
10. Ollie Davies
9. Will Bayston;
1. Ralph McEachran
2. Ethan Caine
3. Tye Raymont
4. Tom Burrow (c)
5. Patrick Hogg
6. Jos Gilmore
7. Tristan Woodman
8. Reuben Logan
Replacements:
Oli Spencer
Alfie Longstaff
Patreece Bell
Dylan Hodkinson
Charlie Bray
Seb Kelly
Mason Winterburn
Tom Gaffey
David Opoku-Fordjour
Austin Keogh
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