Guinness Premiership : Sharks Team to Meet Bath

Sharks Team to Meet Bath

27 March 2008, 12:09 pm

By Sean Bridger

Sale Sharks have named their team for Friday evening's Guinness Premiership game against Bath.

Jason White returns as captain and Richard Wigglesworth is named at Scrum Half following his personal success playing for England in the Six Nations.

Team:

Ben Foden, Elvis Seveali'I, Chris Bell, Lee Thomas, Oriol Ripol, Charlie Hodgson, Richard Wigglesworth, Lionel Faure, Neil Briggs, Stuart Turner, Chris Jones, Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, Jason White (Captain), Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Sebastien Chabal

Replacements:

Sebastien Bruno, Eifion Roberts, Dean Schofield, Magnus Lund, Will Cliff, Julien Laharrague , Luke McAlister

Stand by players:

Terry Sigley, Sean Cox, Scott Lawson

Director of Rugby Philippe Saint Andre said, "Competition for the top four is intensifying by the week. We need to win five out of the last six games to make sure of a top four place. We are without Andrew Sheridan this week as he picked up an elbow injury in training, but he will be fit for next weeks game against Brive.

Sebastien Bruno has been struggling with a heavy cold but he is back in training and will be among the replacements. Luke McAlister didn't train with us at the start of the week after picking up a knock in training but he is okay now and will be used as a replacement during the game."

Meanwhile Mark Cueto pulled up in training on Thursday with a reaction to his hamstring injury. Elvis Seveali'i takes his place on the wing and Julien Laharrague is named on the bench.

Speaking about Bath Philippe said, "They beat us at their ground with the last kick off the game and my players still remember that. Bath have been amongst the Premiership leaders all season and we will respect them throughout the game tomorrow evening. We beat top of the table Gloucester here a fortnight ago and a win tomorrow is our only objective."