15 Mike Brown [10]
14 Josh Bassett [3]
13 Guy Porter [64]
12 Dan Kelly [60]
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins [4]
10 Jamie Shillcock [5]
9 Tom Whiteley [8]
1 Francois van Wyk [35]
2 Charlie Clare [81]
3 Joe Heyes [126]
4 Cameron Henderson [40]
5 Mike Williams [84]
6 Hanro Liebenberg (c) [88]
7 Olly Cracknell [27]
8 Kyle Hatherell [5]
REPLACEMENTS
16 Nic Dolly [28]
17 James Whitcombe [40]
18 Will Hurd [28]
19 Sam Carter [3]
20 Matt Rogerson [3]
21 Joe Powell [4]
22 Charlie Atkinson [21]
23 Phil Cokanasiga [10]
Sale Sharks Starting XV:
15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Sam James, 12. Sam Bedlow, 11. Tom O’Flaherty, 10. Rob du Preez ©, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Si McIntyre, 2. Tommy Taylor, 3. Nick Schonert, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Ernst van Rhyn, 7. Sam Dugdale, 8. Dan du Preez.
Replacements:
16. Ethan Caine, 17. Ross Harrison, 18. James Harper, 19. Josh Beaumont, 20. Rouban Birch, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. Tom Curtis, 23. Arron Reed.
Pretty disappointed by the changes to the Tigers side. Brown is very lucky and probably included based on weather forecast, Atkinson biting the bullet instead to get the impressive Shillcock into the side. No Ilione isn't good, he must be injured, as the backrow last weekend looked very one paced and in desperate need of a link option. Dolly remaining on the bench does nothing to help the pack out either. Mike Williams at lock
presumably down to injuries again though Tom Manz is playing for Notts this weekend and I'd prefer he got game time.Sale look pretty strong and after a good first round result will be feeling confident. Rotation of their 9s is interesting, an ongoing battle for the shirt there.
