Sale Sharks Starting XV:
15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Luke James, 11. Arron Reed, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr, 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4. Ernst van Rhyn, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Tom Curry, 7. Ben Curry ©, 8. Dan du Preez.
Replacements:
16. Tadgh McElroy, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. James Harper, 19. JL du Preez, 20. Tom Burrow, 21. Sam Dugdale, 22. Raffi Quirke, 23. Will Addison.
Really hate 6:2s, but other than that I'm OK with the side - Luke James at 12 is interesting, always thought that was his best position before he moved to 15 (which he did really well at, tbf) because of Manu
Raffi back in the mix and Tom Burrow on the bench - must be tearing up trees in training for them to go 6:2 with a 19yr old lock on the bench while leaving out the likes of O'Flaherty, Nayacalevu, Curtis etc.
Hope that a number of returning leaders in the side can shake the stink of the last few rounds off, but I'm not overly optimistic