REACTION TO HEAVY DEFEAT AT HARLEQUINS LAST WEEK “It’s been a good week after a bad performance. The players have come in very energetic...

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE AGAINST BATH “Yes I was thrilled in terms of physicality and how we limited options. But we gave three offsides on...

RELIEF AFTER WIN “I never cease to be amazed at how they keep finding ways to win. That’s probably the third game in the last five to ten...

TOM CURRY “He needs a clear-out of his hip that will put him out for the rest of the season. This is the only option. He has been back...

EMPHASIS ON DENYING OPPOSITION BONUS POINTS “It’s not an emphasis we put to the team. If they don’t score they can’t win; old, simple...

REFLECTIONS ON DEFEAT AT EXETER “We know the preparation wasn’t quite right as I said post-game and to the players. We take some...

TOM CURRY “I don’t know any of the details about the situation, I have just spoken to him about his recovery process. I don’t understand...

DID THE WIN AGAINST AMPTHILL GIVE THE TEAM COHESION? “Getting there, definitely. We scored 64 points and we probably left four or five...

REFLECTIONS ON VICTORY OVER CALDY “I think we prepared really well during the week. We went into the game with a good strategy and...

REFLECTIONS ON DEFEAT AT NEWCASTLE LAST WEEK “It was a tough night for us. I think we learnt a lot about ourselves. We had a couple of...

THOUGHTS ON VICTORY OVER BEDFORD “We were really happy with how we have started. It comes off the back of a long pre-season. Everyone was...

EXPERIENCE AT THE WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP “It was an unforgettable experience, being in South Africa. As a team we would have hoped...

HOW ARE YOU AND HOW HAS THE RECOVERY BEEN? “Good. The good thing about sport and rugby is there is always something next to go after....

LEARNINGS FROM LAST SEASON “It is multi-layered. I have learnt loads of stuff. In terms of the team where we were getting to at the end...

Luke Cowan-Dickie In the shape of Luke Cowan-Dickie, Sale are getting a world-class hooker. He has over 40 caps for England and is a...

Sam Bedlow Alex Sanderson said that he was looking to bring an experienced, robust centre and that is what we have got in the form of the...

Ewan Ashman Losing Ewan Ashman is a big blow. He is certainly a player Alex Sanderson would have been looking to build around for a...

SPECIAL SEMI-FINAL “It wasn’t too bad really! The atmosphere was electric getting off the bus. Everyone was going crazy. It felt like we...

VISIT OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON “It was amazing seeing him again. We saw him in 2019 in England camp before the World Cup. He is a legend of...

TAPPING INTO PRIDE OF REPRESENTING THE NORTH GOING INTO THE FINAL “Of course. I think I mentioned it after the semi-final win that one of...