European Cup News

Sale currently sit at the top of their pool table, on a maximum, 10 points, in the European Challenge Cup, having won away to Petrarca 53-14. Tries came from Cueto (2), Lamont (2), Faure, Schofield, Day and Tait and Lee Thomas kicked five conversions and a penalty.

Sale FC loss

Sale FC lost away to Widnes in the RFU Cup on Saturday, 17-12, and will be hoping to win on Saturday 24th at Heywood Road againt visitors Ruskin Park.

SSSC Quiz Night!

Hi Sharks Season Ticket Holder,

SSSC Quiz Night!

Sale Sharks Supporters Club are holding a Quiz Night plus Q & A with Robbie Dickson on Tuesday 27^th November at Edgeley Park. The fun kicks off at 7.30pm.

Come down with a team of people (max 6 per team) or just bring yourself and we can put you in a team on the night! Players will be in attendance, with at least one player joining each team. Prizes include a signed shirt, crate of beer and other prizes. There will also be chance to relax and enjoy tales from Sale’s legendary Robbie Dickson!

Entry is free for SSSC members, £2 for non-members.

For further details, keep an eye on the SSSSC website www.salesupporters.co.uk or the Sportnetwork Message Board at www.salerugby.co.uk or e-mail social@salesupporters.co.uk

Kind regards

Rugby roundup

A mixed bag of results over the long weekend for Sale fans.

It all kicked off with a ridiculously early Thursday Game for the Sharks against Montpellier, in which they struggled with a heavy wind for 40 minutes and then spent the rest of the game destroying their visitors - tries from Hodgson, Chabal, Hanley, Mayor and two from Wigglesworth (and a "try that never was" from Foden). Bang! A bonus point victory on the road to a European Cup. 49-6

Sale FC had a harder time of it though, away to Wilmslow, where they lost their match 21-8.

Monday night saw the Jets fly off to Northampton, where they got a hard time on the pitch too, losing 32-10 despite a try after just two minutes from flying winger Selorm Kuadey.


More wins please.

FAO Bayonne Travellers

FAO Bayonne Travellers

Coach Travel

Fao those of you staying in Biarritz for our game against Bayonne in December, the SSSC, in conjunction with the wonderful people at AUPA BO, has arranged coach travel to and from Biarritz for the game. The coach will leave Bar Kirola in Biarritz at approximately 5 pm, returning approximately 1 hour after the game ends. Cost is £6 per person for the return journey.

If you wish to travel by coach you MUST send your cheque to Travel Organiser, SSSC, c/o Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road, Stockport, SK3 9DD to arrive no later than 16/11/2007. Priority will be given to SSSC members and those travelling in their party. Please put your membership number on the reverse of your cheque. There is also a Paypal link for those of you who wish to pay by this method.

Entertainment

The proprietor of Bar Kirola will be laying on free Tapas for all Sale Sharks supporters on the Friday evening. You will be joined by members of AUPA BO who will then guide you on a short pub crawl around some of the best venues in Biarritz.

Tickets

The SSSC are arranging advanced purchase of tickets to the game through the kind assistance of Simon Carruthers of AUPA BO London. We don’t know the price of these yet but expectation is around £20. As soon as we have details we will get the information to you. In order to manage the logistics of this, we will be limiting this strictly to SSSC members and their travelling party only. To take part in this scheme you must also be able to collect your tickets from Bar Kirola either on the Friday night or before the coach leaves for the game. If you would like to guarantee your tickets in advance please email secretary@salesupporters.co.uk as soon as possible so we know how many tickets to book. We will contact you to arrange payment as soon as we have final details – we MUST have payment in advance.

We hope you have a great time amongst some of the friendliest people in France! More details as soon as we have them so watch this space.

EDF Cup - win!

Sale worked a fine win on Friday night at Edgeley Park in the EDF cup against visitors Bath. Chris Bell scored the Sharks only try of the match, and Charlie Hodgson kicked all of the remaining Sharks poinst. Score: 25-10

Tem news for Sharks V Bath

Philippe Saint-Andre has named his side for tomorrow evenings EDF Energy Cup clash with Bath. Well, he almost has, but seems to be reserving judgement on fly half.

Sharks:
15 Ben Foden, 14 Julien Laharrague, 13 Chris Mayor, 12 Chris Bell, 11 Steve Hanley, 10 Charlie Hodgson or Lee Thomas, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 1 Andrew Sheridan, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Stuart Turner, 4 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe (C), 5 Chris Day, 6 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Michael Hills, 8 Sebastien Chabal
Replacements: Sebastien Bruno, Benoit Bourrust, Sean Cox, David Tait, Sililo Martens, Lee Thomas/Charlie Hodgson, Oriol Ripol
Standby Players : Will Cliff, Ben Evans

This being Sale Sharks, team news came also with a raft of injuries:
knee injuries were announced to Magnus Lund, Chris Jones and Jason White, also injured are Dean Schofield (ankle), Rory Lamont (ankle) and Mark Cueto (calf).

Bath have named a tasty looking side too:
15 Michael Stephenson, 14 Matt Banahan, 13 Alex Crockett, 12 Tom Cheeseman, 11 Ian Davey, 10 Shaun Berne, 9 Nick Walshe, 8 Zak Feaunati, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Jonny Faamatuainu, 5 Martin Purdy, 4 Steve Borthwick (c), 3 Lorne Ward, 2 Rob Hawkins, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Laurence Ovens, 18 Andy Beattie, 19 Chris Goodman, 20 Mike Baxter, 21 Jack Cuthbert, 22 Nick Abendanon.