By PAUL REES
Alex Sanderson is confident England outside-half George Ford will be at Sale next season, along with Manu Tuilagi.
Ford is in his second year with the Sharks after joining from Leicester 18 months ago. He has the option of a third season, but that is down to him, not the club, and he has been linked with Racing 92.
“The third year clause is George’s,” said Sanderson, Sale’s director of rugby. “I have had an unofficial discussion with him about how he feels. Was he still happy and did he want to continue?
“Yes was the answer. It did not amount to a verbal contract but we left it l...