Buy into it: Sale Sharks’ Steve Diamond says honesty and hard work behind club’s 2014 turnaround
Diamond’s men flirted with relegation last season though a much-improved 2013-14 brought Sale a sixth-place finish and European rugby again in 2014-15
Surprise package: Sale Sharks captain Dan Braid loving team spirit at Carrington club
The former Auckland Blues player touched down in Manchester on a short term deal at the start of 2013 with the Sharks battling to avoid relegation from the Aviva Premiership.
Listen: MM Sports Podcast asks… has Roy Hodgson picked the right England squad?
On the agenda this week, the team discuss Roy Hodgson’s 30-man England World Cup squad and the end of the Barclays Premier League season.
Sale Sharks season review 2013/14: Diamond’s men prove doubters wrong with killer performances
After scrapping their way through 2012-13, many had Sale Sharks down to struggle again with some rating them as favourites for relegation. But they showed the doubters how wrong they were.
Back in the hunt: Danny Cipriani returns to England squad after five-year hiatus, alongside three other Sharks
Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani has the chance to end his five-year drought of international rugby after being selected in a 20-man training squad ahead of this summer’s tour to New Zealand.
While angels watch: Members bar The Milton Club reveal secrets of Manchester’s Paradise Regained
The Milton Club is situated on Deansgate near Spinningfields
Gas-powered Sharks: Departing Sale forward James Gaskell wants to bow out by extending record run
Departing forward James Gaskell is looking to end the season on a high by helping to extend Sale Sharks’ current record-breaking run by beating London Irish on Saturday
It’s a quacker! Spinningfields duck race will not be dead rubber on the River Irwell
Manchester’s own River Irwell will host the city’s fifth annual rubber duck dash.
Under consideration: Sale Sharks’ Danny Cipriani tipped for England recall after player of the month accolade
Cipriani, 26, helped Sale go unbeaten in March as the Manchester-based side climbed the Premiership table
‘Leader of men’: Sale Sharks sign Scottish veteran Chris Cusiter to replace departing Dwayne Peel
British and Irish Lions scrum-half to join up with club in summer
Clash of the codes: Sale Sharks and Salford Red Devils to do battle in super match
The Prince’s Trust and Maggie’s to benefit from August match up at AJ Bell Stadium