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Sale Sharks are in the Premiership play-off spots. They have also reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup in each of last two seasons. Director of rugby Alex Sanderson won this competition three times while he was an assistant coach at Saracens. Sale play Toulouse in their second round pool match on Sunday.

Sale Sharks are in the Premiership play-off spots. They have reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup in each of last two seasons. Director of rugby Alex Sanderson won this competition three times while he was an assistant coach at Saracens. Sale are playing Toulouse in a second-round pool match on Sunday. Tloulousains have not played a European game with a crowd of over 19,000 at their Stade Ernest-Wallon since September 2020.   The concept of Europe is wobbling in public perception due to the disruption of pandemic and complicated format.