Wednesday, August 27, 2008

News in from EP: Lyon v Sale thursday night

The Sale team has been announced. New club captain Juan Fernandez Lobbe will lead his side out for the first time since being appointed. The game shoud be a cracker, with Lyon coached by Phillipe Saint Andre's brother Raphael.

"Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe will captain a strong Sale Sharks side in tomorrow’s pre season warm up game against Lyon at Edgeley Park. Sebastien Chabal will also start the game.
Head Coach Kingsley Jones said, “ This our last warm up game before we travel to Newcastle in the opening round of the Guinness Premiership. We will decide on who starts at scrum half tomorrow but both Wiggy and Dwayne will play in the game. There are places up for grabs for the opening game and the players know this.”
Mathew Tait will play at Full Back and Andy Tuilagi who played well last week in the games against Sedgely Tigers and Leeds Carnegie starts at centre.

Team Mathew Tait, Mark Cueto, Luke McAlister, Andy Tuilagi, Dave Doherty, Charlie Hodgson, Richard Wigglesworth or Dwayne Peel, Lionel Faure, Sebastien Bruno, Eifion Roberts, Dean Schofield, Sean Cox, Chris Jones, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (Captain), Sebastien Chabal

Replacements Marc Jones, Neil Briggs, Stuart Turner, Martin Halsall, Michael Hills, Carl Fearns,Brent Cockbain, Richard Wigglesworth or Dwayne Peel, Nick Macleod, Nick Royle, Oriol Ripol, Chris Bell


Unavailable are Rory Lamont, Luke Abraham and Andrew Sheridan who picked up knocks last week, but will be available for selection for the Newcastle game"

(news comes from Dave Swanton at Sale Sharks)

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