Press Conference Notes 15.03.18

Press Conference Notes

Director of Rugby Alan Solomons spoke to the media today and here’s what he had to say:

Injury news

  • Luke Baldwin is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
  • Francois Hougaard is on the mend.
  • Michael Dowsett is fit.
  • Ryan Mills will see a specialist for his ankle injury.
  • Sam Lewis should be fine for the Sale Sharks game on Saturday 24 March.

Week off

  • The players were given a week off last week to recover and they have come back refreshed both mentally and physically.
  • It has been a tough four weeks where we made over 200 tackles in each of the games.
  • Some players went away, some stayed at home. It was just important for them to have some time off after an attritional few weeks.

Sale Sharks preview

  • They will be a massive challenge and are playing well at the moment.
  • They have strength across the park.

Ben Te’o

  • Ben has shown he can play at both 12 and 13.
  • He is a strong, physical and powerful player.

2018/19 coaching set-up

  • We have an excellent coaching set-up in place for next season with some good personalities so I have no doubt there will be great synergy.
  • I always thought Neil Doak would become a coach. He has done really well and coached some top players.

Francois Venter

  • He has leadership qualities and he’s a great player. Everyone I know has positive things to say about him.

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