Player Movements: Sale Sharks

August 01, 2016
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Ultimate Rugby

With the new Premiership season closing in, Sale Sharks have also been at work reshuffling their set-up with new talent.

So far this year, the side has captured a total of 10 payers.

Here are their new signings ahead of the 2016/17 season:

Rob Webber (signed 1 February 2016 from Bath Rugby)

Webber has made more than 100 appearances for Wasps before joining Bath in 2012.

The 29-year-old's impressive form when at Wasps, where he was vice captain, saw him being called into England's 2012 Six Nations' squad, where he made his debut off the bench against Italy.

He was part of England's 2015 World Cup squad, but did not make England's elite player group announced in January this year by head coach Eddie Jones.

Webber has signed a two-year deal with Sale Sharks.

Laurence Pearce (signed 1 March from Leicester Tigers)

Pearce played rugby league for Hull FC and York City Knights, before crossing codes to play for Rotherham prior to his move to Leicester in 2014.

The 25-year-old has played 29 games for the Tigers, scoring eight tries.

Kieran Longbottom (signed 25 March 2016 from Saracens)

Australian-born but England-qualified Longbottom signed for Western Force in 2008, and made his debut for the Australian Franchise the same year.

The versatile prop forward joined Saracens for the 2014/15 season after playing a vital role in Western Force's impressive 2014 Super Rugby campaign.

Josh Charnley (signed 30 March from Wigan Warriors)

Charnley has helped Wigan win a Super League Grand Final and two Challenge Cups since he joined in 2010, in doing so, he has scored 148 tries and kicked 94 goals in 152 games for last season's Super League grand finalists.

Other players in:

AJ MacGinty (from Connacht)

Dan Mugford (from Nottingham)

Mike Phillips (from Racing 92)

Halani Aulika (from London Irish)

Lou Reed (from Cardiff Blues)

Byron McGuigan (from Exeter Chiefs)

Players out:

Vadim Cobilas (to Bordeaux Begles)

Tommy Taylor (to Wasps)

Danny Cipriani (to Wasps)

Tom Brady (to Leicester Tigers)