Sale Sharks Team News

The Sharks front-row shows one change from last week as James Harper comes in at tighthead for his first start of the season. He’ll line up alongside Si McIntyre and last Friday’s two-try hero Luke Cowan-Dickie. 

In the second-row Ben Bamber teams up with the returning Hyron Andrews, while in the back-row, skipper Ben Curry and Ernst van Rhyn start alongside Tom Curry at number 8. 

The backs are unchanged with Gus Warr starting once again at scrum-half alongside Rob du Preez at fly-half, while in the centres, Sam Bedlow starts alongside Will Addison  

Last week’s player of the match Arron Reed starts will line up again alongside Tom Roebuck and full-back Joe Carpenter in the back three. 

Hooker Ethan Caine, and props Tumy Onasanya and Asher Opoku-Fordjour cover the front row from the replacements bench with Josh Beaumont, Dan du Preez and Sam Dugdale covering the rest of the forwards. Nye Thomas and Tom Curtis cover the backs. 

Sale Sharks Starting XV: 

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Will Addison, 12. Sam Bedlow, 11. Arron Reed, 10. Rob du Preez, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Si McIntyre, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. James Harper, 4. Ben Bamber, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Ernst van Rhyn, 7. Ben Curry ©, 8. Tom Curry. 

Replacements: 

16. Ethan Caine, 17. Tumy Onasanya, 18. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19. Ben Bamber, 20. Dan du Preez, 21. Nye Thomas, 22. Tom Curtis, 23. Sam Dugdale.