Winger Mark Cueto has been given the Sale Sharks captaincy recently. England international Cueto, 31, takes over from James Gaskell, who has been sidelined for two months with an ankle ligament injury. “The leadership skills of Mark will be vital to us,” said Anglesea, who took over as coach last week following Mike Brewer’s sacking. […]
Sale rugby union have lost Charlie Hodgson for up to one month. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during England’s defeat by South Africa last month. A statement from Sale said: “He’s likely to be out of action until well into the new year.” That could make him a serious doubt for the Six Nations with […]
Sale rugby union team that defeated by Exeter in a very close match. A Chris Budgen try helped the Chiefs into a 10-9 half-time lead, with Nick Macleod kicking all of Sale’s points.
Exeter’s Tom Johnson touched down after the restart, but Sale promptly hit back with a score from winger Rhys Crane.
A try from Andrew Higgins put Exeter two scores ahead, from where they held on despite late Sale pressure.
In bitter conditions at Sandy Park, Sale struck first with an early Macleod penalty before Davis restored parity with a place kick of his own shortly afterwards.