Neil Briggs rugby player
Neil Briggs rugby player

Neil Briggs

1st Jun 1985 1.78m/96kg Hooker

Sale bolster backroom staff

7 years ago by Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks’ director of rugby, Steve Diamond, has confirmed scrum coach Dan Richmond and vastly experienced specialist kicking coach Jon Callard are working as part of the Sharks’ backroom...

Premiership Highlights: Sale Sharks vs Bath Rugby

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A super game of rugby ended with the result Sale deserved at AJ Bell Stadium. It finished with a very scrappy 10 minutes of rugby but Sale hung on and fought with everything to try to finish...

European Champions Cup Highlights: Scarlets Vs Sale Sharks

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Scarlets played some fantastic attacking rugby tonight to overcome the brute power of their visitors Sale Sharks. Tries from Gareth Davies and DTH van der Merwe put the result beyond doubt as Sale...

Match Report: Scarlets vs Sale Sharks

8 years ago by Champions Cup

Two tries from DTH van der Merwe helped the Scarlets kick off their European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 3 campaign with a comfortable 28-11 victory over Sale.   Neil Briggs got Sale's only try with...

Leicester Tigers hooker Harry Thacker too small? That's rubbish,...

9 years ago by Leicester Mercury

Talk of 5ft 8in, 80kg hooker Harry Thacker being too small for the Leicester Tigers squad is "rubbish", according to one of his team-mates last season.Fellow front-rower Neil Briggs ended a...

Leicester Tigers team news: Marcos Ayerza starts in only change...

9 years ago by Leicester Mercury

Marcos Ayerza returns to the Leicester Tigers starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership semi-final at Bath tomorrow. Ayerza starts at loosehead prop in the only change to the team that secured Tigers'...

Ashley Johnson wants more than just his hair to be noticed when London Wasps go up against Exeter

9 years ago by Telegraph Rugby News

We must start with the hair. For Ashley Johnson sports probably the most magnificent mop the Aviva Premiership has seen. And in just under a fortnight it should create the most magnificent effect...

Exeter stun Tigers to reach final

9 years ago by ESPN Scrum

Exeter Chiefs booked a final against Saracens in the LV=Cup after they beat Leicester at Welford Road 30-22. The visitors led 20-16 at half-time thanks to tries by Elvis Taione and Fetu'u Vainikolo,...

Leicester Tigers 28 Sale 8: Who'd have thought a home semi could...

9 years ago by Leicester Mercury

Leicester Tigers moved to within one point of a home semi-final berth with a 28-8 win over Sale Sharks. Let that fact sink in for a minute. After a season that has been riddled with injuries, continuity...

Match report: Leicester Tigers 28 Sale Sharks 8

9 years ago by Leicester Mercury

Leicester Tigers produced their most fluid performance in a long while to beat fellow play-off contenders, Sale Sharks 28-8 at Welford Road. A penalty try for their marauding pack, plus one for the outstanding...