Connect with us

Premiership

Kick fest at Falcons was excruciating says Sale’s Sam James

Sale Sharks centre Sam James reflects on the defeat to Newcastle Falcons that had viewers in despairs of boredom
Sale Sharks centre Sam James

By JON NEWCOMBE

SALE centre Sam James says last Friday’s 15-13 defeat at Newcastle was “the kick up the arse” they needed.
The Sharks came off second-best in the battle of the boot as both sides unashamedly kicked the leather off the ball for 80 minutes.
James’ deft touches in midfield and the finishing prowess of people like Denny Solomona were redundant skills on a night when the Falcons were content to win ugly.
“For us centres and the forwards, it’s just a big shuttle game watching the kicks go overhead, and running back ten metres,” James said. “You then watch another one go over and r...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Premiership