A WORD FROM THE AXE
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Welcome back to the Salford Stadium for the final time in what has been another rollercoaster Gallagher Premiership season. Of course, we’d love another home game but our defeat last weekend against Leicester makes that very unlikely.
But there’s still plenty to play for. Friday brings another final for us, and a game we need to win if we want to achieve what I know this group is capable of…
Rob du Preez – Our everpresent force
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It was seven minutes into Sale Sharks’ 38-0 hammering of Bristol when, as Rob du Preez lined up a conversion, a graphic showed he’d made history. 64 consecutive starts in one of the most brutal, physically challenging sports, four clear of his former Sale captain Jono Ross. 64 games of unwavering fitness, quality, and, in 46 of them, winning…
By Tom Jeffreys
SHARKS FOUNDATION – GREAT MANCHESTER RUN
We’re proud to be recognised as one of the best academies in the country, taking northern rugby talent and developing them into elite athletes and inspiring role models. With a fearless coaching team based at Carrington and across the North, we offer opportunities that go far beyond the pitch.
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THE SHARK TANK – A SUPPORTERS PERSPECTIVE
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For one final time this season, unless some miracles occur, it’s Friday Night Lights in the North West!
Last time here we dispatched, with unusual comfort, an in-form Saracens team to continue an impressive run of form towards the top 4. It was a first half blitz from Sale, ran by master puppeteer George Ford who had the Saracens defence on strings to put Rekeiti Ma’asi-White through for an early try. And just when you thought our attack couldn’t get any better, some Roebuck and Carpenter magic sent Fordy under for another…
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25 YEARS OF SHARKS – HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
We’ve named our XV but every good rugby team needs a head coach or Director of Rugby to steer the ship and our Hall of Famers are no different.
Our Hall of Fame head coach, Philippe Saint-Andre, played 69 times for France, captaining them on 33 occasions. His coaching career took him from Gloucester to Bourgoin and then, in 2004, to Sale Sharks where he won the European Challenge Cup in his first year in charge.
That was just the start for PSA. In the 2005/06 season he cemented his place in Sharks history as he led Sale to a famous Premiership win, masterminding a win against Leicester Tigers in a memorable final.
Philippe left Sale in 2009 for Toulon and went on to coach the French National team and then, from 2021-2023, Montpellier in the Top 14.
100 CLUB – INTEGRATE YOUR CLUB WITH SALE SHARKS
The 100 Club is the heart and soul of Sale Sharks, whether that be filling the Family Stand on a match day or your mini & juniors coaches joining us for an education session, we’re proud to work with you on developing the Sharks of the future
We have both amateur and semi-professional teams in our 100 Club and work with clubs across England and Wales to help develop coaches and players while also providing mini & junior sections with a matchday experience like no other…
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