Last minute team change

News just in From Edgeley Park - We have signed Dwayne Peel. But then we all knew that weeks ago didn't we? Chris Mayor has signed to Northampton for next season. But we knew that too. Lets hope Ben Foden is staying in Cheshire or there will be a lot of upset Sharks fans.

So also fresh from EP, this team news:

Sale Sharks have been forced into making changes this evening. Rory Lamont is struggling with a shoulder injury so Chris Mayor takes his place on the wing. Sean Cox drops to the bench and is replaced by Chris Jones at number 6. Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe has returned from Argentina and his paperwork has cleared which now means he is not classed as an overseas player.


Revised Team

Mark Cueto, Chris Mayor, Luke McAlister, Lee Thomas, Oriol Ripol, Charlie Hodgson, Richard Wigglesworth, Lionel Faure, Sebastien Bruno, Stuart Turner, Brent Cockbain, Dean Schofield (Captain), Chris Jones, Magnus Lund, Sebastien Chabal


Replacements, Neil Briggs, Martin Halsall, Sean Cox, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Will Cliff, Julien Laharrague, Chris Bell

Sharks team to play Leeds

Team news, fresh from Edgeley Park below. Its a very string looking team, with probably our best wingers, best half back pairing, best front row, best second row and best centres.

Mark Cueto, Rory Lamont, Luke McAlister, Lee Thomas, Oriol Ripol, Charlie Hodgson, Richard Wiggleworth, Lionel Faure, Sebastien Bruno, Stuart Turner, Brent Cockbain, Dean Schofield (Captain), Sean Cox, Magnus Lund, Sebastien Chabal

Replacements, Neil Briggs, Martin Halsall, Nathan Bonner Evans, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Will Cliff, Julien Laharrague, Chris Bell

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Leeds meanwhile have just annouced theirs:

Leigh Hinton, John Holtby, Jonny Hepworth, Lee Blackett, Tom Biggs, Alberto Di Bernardo, Joe Bedford (c), Mike MacDonald, Vili Ma'asi, Tommy McGee, Erik Lund , Pablo Bouza, Jon Dunbar, Calum Clark, Rhys Oakley

Replacements: Adam Hopcroft, James Parkes, Kearnan Myall, Adam Balding, James Brooks, Andy Tuilagi , Rob Vickerman

Well if we can't play in High Wycombe lets play at home

Following the cancellation of last weekend's game away to Wasps following a dramatic and unbelieveably quick freezing of the pitch, Edgeley Park allow us now to look forward to next weeken'd visit from Leeds:

Philippe looks ahead to Friday's game

Looking ahead to this weekend’s game, Philippe Saint Andre said, “We travelled back from Wasps on Sunday evening and we put all the players through their paces on Monday. This Friday’s Guinness Premiership game against Leeds Carnegie should be a very competitive game as we both need to win for different reasons. We need the points to keep up our top four challenge and Leeds need the points in the efforts to pull away from the foot of the table. The game at Headingley earlier in the season saw us under the hammer in the early part of the game but we weathered the storm to return home 34-20 winners.

We have all the international players back this weekend including Sheridan,Faure,White,Wigglesworth, Lamont as well as the Lobbe brothers who have been in Argentina at Juan's wedding."

Speaking about the postponed game at Wasps Philippe said, “Last weekend was a big disappointment for everyone connected to the club with the late cancellation. We had prepared well, travelled down the day before and the players were ready for the challenge. A lot of fans had travelled too and it was sad to see them after the game was called off as they are so dedicated to the club, but we have to respect the referees decision. The postponement now means that we will have to play the game midweek.

The news from Edgeley Park

Sale Sharks have named their team for Sunday’s Guinness Premiership game against London Wasps at High Wycombe.
Sharks welcome back Elvis Seveali’I who has been out for 11 matches after breaking his arm against Montpellier in November.

Mark Cueto, Elvis Seveali’I, Luke McAlister, Lee Thomas, Oriol Ripol, Charlie Hodgson, Sililo Martens, Eifion Roberts, Sebastien Bruno, Stuart Turner, Dean Schofield (Captain), Brent Cockbain, Chris Jones, Magnus Lund, Sebastien Chabal,

Replacements: Neil Briggs, Ben Evans, Sean Cox, Nathan Bonner Evans, Will Cliff, Chris Bell and Julien Laharrague

Martin Halsall and Chris Leck will also travel

Head Coach Kingsley Jones said, “Several of our players have been overlooked for the Six Nations this weekend and it’s up to them to show their International Coaches that they should be included. We let the players have some time off after the win over Quins and they all returned to training this week looking refreshed. This game will be tough for us as even though Wasps have several players away on International duty they have strength in depth.”

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Wasps retort:
15 Josh Lewsey
14 Rob Hoadley
13 Fraser Waters
12 Dominic Waldouck
11 David Doherty
10 Dave Walder
9 Mark McMillan

1 Tom French
2 Joe Ward
3 Nick Adams
4 Tom Palmer
5 George Skivington
6 Dan Leo
7 Joe Worsley
8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c)

16 James Buckland
17 Michael Holford
18 Richard Birkett
19 John Hart
20 Simon Amor
21 Mark Van Gisbergen
22 Rob Webber