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Welcome back to the Salford Stadium for our penultimate game of the regular Gallagher Premiership season.

We’d love to have one more game in front of you guys, and then who knows, maybe a trip down south together too, but thinking about anything beyond this Friday makes me incredibly anxious because we know how good we’re going to have to be to beat a really good Saracens team led my old friend Mark McCall.

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The sense of frustration when you’re narrowly missing out on your dream must be painfully palpable when you have to watch some of your best friends achieve it first.  

Joe Carpenter has watched best mate Tom Roebuck, and age group counterparts Raffi Quirke, Arron Reed, Gus Warr, and Bevan Rodd all make international debuts over the past three years whilst he has been confined to England training squads and two impressive ‘A’ appearances.  

By Tom Jeffreys

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Once again, Sale left themselves with it all to do in the final run in of the season. And once again, this team seems to be rising to the (self-inflicted) challenge! 

Last time out at home we were facing a Northampton side who have had a strange domestic year, languishing at the wrong end of the table after winning the title the year before. Sale fans who were around for the 2006/07 season might be getting flashbacks. A win was the minimum requirement, and Sale duly delivered, though not without the mandatory squeaky bum time at the end as Saints got themselves to back within three points with five minutes to play. Crucially too, we banked a try bonus point, and with Northampton out of the race for the top four we’ll overlook the fact we gave them two losing bonus points. 

Tonight’s Hall of Fame inductee is a real Sharks legend. Sebastien Chabal followed Philippe Saint-Andre to Sharks from French club Bourgoin in 2004 and instantly became a fans’ favourite at his new, adopted home. 

Equally comfortable in the back-row or second-row, the man known as ‘the caveman’ or ‘Seabass’ wowed the Sharks faithful with his powerful ball-carrying, bone-crunching tackles and trademark long hair and beard. 

Click the link below to see how you can join us for our 25 Years of Sharks x The Good Bad & The Rugby celebration!

Sale Sharks Foundation is the charity partner of Sale Sharks Rugby Club.  Our Vision is to use the power of our sport to change lives throughout the North West.

We work with over 15,000 people annually in three key areas: Community Inclusion, Education and Rugby Development. You can see the impact we had by checking out our  Sharks Watch Impact Report.  Our highly skilled, dynamic and passionate team now deliver over 50 community projects that change the lives of a huge spectrum of people across the North West: from children and young people right through to senior citizens.

Foundation Day is a special event dedicated to celebrating and supporting the Sale Sharks Foundation’s mission to use rugby as a vehicle for positive change in our community.

Get ready for some fun activations at the stadium and engage in three exciting ways to support the Sale Sharks Foundation throughout the campaign. Participate in the Big Raffle (Huge prizes up for grabs), join the Online Auction (Money can’t buy experiences) , or make an Online Donation (you can even win a Season Ticket for 2025/2026 season).