Sale make changes up front for Wasps match
Sale Sharks have announced their team for the Aviva Premiership Round 16 game against London Wasps at Edgeley Park tomorrow (Friday), kick off 7.45 p.m. Andy Powell, not in the Wales 22 at Twickenham, continues at No.8 and Kearnan Myall is included in the second row, his first start since the Amlin Challenge Cup game at La Vila on January 14th. Vadim Cobilas is preferred at tight head prop and James Gaskell switches to blindside flanker.
Sharks: 15.Rob Miller, 14.Tom Brady, 13.Johnny Leota, 12.Sam Tuitupou (capt.), 11.Mark Cueto, 10.Nick Macleod, 9.Dwayne Peel, 1.Andrew Sheridan, 2.Marc Jones, 3.Vadim Cobilas, 4.Andrei Ostrikov, 5.Kearnan Myall, 6.James Gaskell, 7.David Seymour, 8.Andy Powell.
Replacements: 16.Joe Ward, 17.Ross Harrison, 18.Tony Buckley, 19.Onosa’i Auva’a, 20.Mark Easter, 21.Cillian Willis, 22.Luther Burrell, 23.Joaquin Tuculet
Looking ahead to his side’s remaining seven games, Sharks’ Chief Executive Steve Diamond said, “We’ve got four home games left in the Aviva Premiership, and we’ve got to win them all, starting with Friday if we’re to challenge the top four. Our discipline let us down a bit at Northampton last Saturday, so we need to keep winning our home games and pickup points where we can on the road.”
Friday’s game brings London Wasps to face current Sharks’ Head Coach Tony Hanks, but the former Adams Park Director of Rugby says, “I’m very focused about the task in hand here. This game is not about me, it’s about Sale Sharks, our ambition and what we want to achieve. Getting the points is paramount.”








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