By Whaley Shark on January 26 2010

I was going to do a match report on the Toulouse game but, by the time I got round to it, I realised there wasn’t much point because those of you who don’t live in a hole in Derbyshire with... Read Article 

By Whaley Shark on January 13 2010

“To rotate or not to rotate, that is the question?”, or so William Shakespeare might have pondered, had he been a Premiership Director of Rugby. The Whaley Shark reflects on squad rotation as practised by Sale Sharks over the last... Read Article 

By Whaley Shark on January 2 2010

If it’s a rugby match, it must be Harlequins- well that’s what it feels like anyway. However, at least it's a cold, dry afternoon, and conditions look rather better than last time we met, just before Christmas. The Whaley Shark... Read Article 

By Whaley Shark on December 28 2009

I must be going up in the world- Leicester Tigers have never let me have a roof over my seat before. Flattered, with just a bit too much turkey on board, and on a raw East Midlands afternoon, the Whaley... Read Article 

By Whaley Shark on December 22 2009

Being a complete and utter softy, one of the Whaley Shark’s favourite films is Dr Zhivago, and while there isn’t a rugby match anywhere in David Lean’s three hour plus epic, at least we now know what one would have... Read Article 

By snaderson on December 15 2009

The Christmas spirit was in the air and the players of both teams were in a generous mood, treating us to a fine display of running rugby. Harlequins were perhaps the most giving though and Sale were more than... Read Article