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...

REASONS FOR GREAT FORM THIS SEASON “Probably a lot of time in the saddle. If you look at the minutes played I have played a lot of...

HOW MUCH THE SEMI-FINAL WIN MEANT “It was massive and it is an accumulation of years of frustration trying to almost get there and then...

VISIT OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON “A few of us including myself are very much in awe of him. He is a fantastic man and really nice to take a few...

VISIT OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON “It came about through connections with co-owner Ged Mason, who are good friends and have shared investment...

HOW IS BEN? “He’s a bit less sore now. The type of person is he is he hasn’t really left the training ground. He has been in a hyperbaric...

FEELING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR “Strange, I was on the other team last year. I can remember the semi-final last year (for Leicester against...

PRIDE IN THIS SQUAD “These boys are a special group. They had to drink deep from the well today and not converting some of that pressure...

LEARNINGS FROM WIN OVER NEWCASTLE LAST WEEKEND “I think the players would have gained a little bit more confidence not just in some of...

THIS WEEKEND’S FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME AGAINST NEWCASTLE “I have pitched it in two ways to the boys as an option of attitude. One you...

MANU TUILAGI “He has lasted the last few 80 minutes for us. He had two months training with England but not playing through his ban. He...

FAF DE KLERK’S INFLUENCE “Back before I was even in the first team he was one of my heroes. Someone you aspire to be like, play like and...

AIMS AT THE START OF THE SEASON “For me at the start of the season my goals were to play in the Premiership which was one of my long-term...