By Cap'n Major Bloodnok
April 11 2018
Apparently, prior to this match, Wasps had not yet won at the AJ Bell stadium. Sale could do with keeping that record going: with only four games left — all of them against teams above them — Sale needed to win here to keep any hopes of top six alive.... More >
View from the south stand: Sale 58 Worcester 25
Back to AJ Bell activity after a 5-week mini off-season. Worcester were the visitors and, quite frankly, anything less than a 5-pointer would be seen as a failure by the fans... More >
Back again...
It's been a long five weeks since the last home game, but we enter the final stretch with the visit of Worcester Warriors on Saturday.... More >
A wartime hero
I told the Major I would write something, but I didn’t really know what I would write. I did think of something on England rugby international players killed in the war. Then... More >
View from the south stand: Sale 3 Saracens 13
We’re at the sparse end of the season, where we get about one game a month if we’re lucky. Saracens were February’s visitors: a tough match by anyone’s stan... More >
View from the south stand: A/W roundup
So, on to the second pair of Anglo-Welsh pool matches. Despite winning both of the first pair of games, Sale looked unlikely to progress owing to the somewhat arcane structure of t... More >
View from the south stand: ERCC roundup
OK, this is not a match report. I realised, when I first came to write it, that I actually couldn’t remember any details of the game, so riveting had it been. So, I decided t... More >
View from the south stand: Sale 30 Quins 29
Halfway through the season and the middle of the Premiership table is looking a bit crowded, with only a few points separating 5th from 9th. Prior to this game, Harlequins were one... More >
View from the south stand: Sale 32 Bath 9
‘Twas the day before (the day before) Christmas/ and all through the ground/ the supporters were buzzing/ as the ball flew around…... More >
View from the south stand: Sale 24 Cardiff 0
November/December is the time when it seems that we are playing in a different competition every other week. AP, ECC, A/W… This week Cardiff Blues came to Salford so it&rsqu... More >
