Sale Sharks
Player Position Union
Ewan Ashman Hooker Scotland
Ben Carlile Prop England
Cal Ford Prop England
James Harper Prop England
Bevan Rodd Prop England
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in the Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the nickname Sharks in 1999. Since 2012 they have played their home games at the A.J. Bell Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles. Between 1905 and 2003 they played at Heywood Road in Sale, before moving to Edgeley Park in Stockport where they stayed until 2012. Their traditional colours are blue and white. Sale have won three major trophies. They were English Champions in 2006 and won the European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2002 and 2005. They also won the second division in 1994. In the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season Sale finished 7th, this entitled them to compete in the 2019-20 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current Director of Rugby is Steve Diamond who was appointed in 2012.