ACADEMY ROUND-UP
By TOM JEFFREYS

The penultimate round of group stage action in the Premiership U18 Academy league has left it all to play for coming into its decisive week.
Sale took the prerogative for these final standings with their 48-24 win against Midlands Central (formerly Wasps) at home. Sale have been in scintillating form, averaging 50.5 points per game post-Christmas. They head into the final round leading the North group, piling the pressure on Northampton to win in their final fixture.
This task should be relatively straight forward given they’re fresh off a bye, and the mat...