Sale lock in the Premiership's most accurate goal kicker

Sale Sharks have re-signed the Premiership's most accurate goal kicker with fly-half AJ MacGinty signing a new four-year contract with the club.

The Irish-born American international playmaker has been in fine form for the side and has established himself as one of the Premiership's most formidable fly-halves.

Though currently sidelined with a knee injury, AJ is set to return to action shortly.

The fly-half was selected for the USA team for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and impressed in all three of the Eagles' group games, kicking 25 points.

That fine form earned him a move back to Ireland to join PRO14 side Connacht for whom he made 16 appearances in a memorable 2015/16 season.

His reliable boot and playmaking ability helped the province complete a dream campaign as they won the PRO12 title for the first time in their history with a 20-10 triumph over Leinster.

He subsequently made the switch to Sale in the summer of 2016 and he has since demonstrated what a class act he is with his laser-like accuracy with the boot, superb game-management skills and formidable defensive ability.

Just shy of 200 career points for the Sharks to date, his qualities were further emphasised earlier this week by official statistics released by Premiership Rugby which revealed he is the most accurate kicker in the competition's history.

Of all the kickers that have taken more than 75 shots at goal, MacGinty is the only player to have a kick-success percentage of more than 85 percent. Of 90 attempts at goal to date, he has missed just 12, giving him a success rate of 86.67 per cent.