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.