After finishing bottom last season, Sale Sharks new signing Evie Wills says they are now fully embracing their dark horses tag with an influx of international talent and a renewed sense of belief.

The Scottish centre joined a Sale squad that has been transformed by the arrivals of household names such as recent World Cup winners Holly Aitchison and Amy Cokayne.
The 24-year-old, who is a qualified nurse, has followed head coach Tom Hudson north to Sale from Leicester Tigers.
She says she has relished the challenge of bedding into a new environment that is bursting with experience.

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