Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks

Hooker Neil Briggs returns for Sale Sharks against London Wasps in their Aviva Premiership Rugby Round 17 game at Adams Park on Sunday (kick off 3 p.m.). Briggs has been sidelined through a training ground injury since November. His last game was against Northampton Saints.

Looking ahead to the game, Sharks’ Head Coach Pete Anglesea said, “We’re looking to continue from last week’s game against the Tigers, where the lads showed plenty of heart and spirit, but we are aware that, to get anything against the Wasps, we’ll have to put in a massive performance.”

Sale Sharks: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Chris Bell, 12 Kyle Tonetti, 11 Ben Cohen, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Dwayne Peel, 1 Lee Imiolek, 2 Neil Briggs, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Chris Jones, 5 Sean Cox, 6 James Gaskell (capt.), 7 Neil McMillan, 8 Sisaro Koyamaibole.
Replacements 16 Aston Croall, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Jack Forster, 19 Wame Lewaravu, 20 Nic Rouse, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Nick Macleod, 23 Paul Williams.

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of Moldovan prop VADIM COBALAS from VVA-Podmoskovye Monino on an 18-month contract.

The club will be announcing three more signings and several re-signings from Tuesday of next week.

London Wasps have announced the signing of Chris Bell from the start of next season.