Sale Sharks Women

Sale Sharks Women are a women's rugby union club based in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. They were founded in 2020 as the women's team of Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks. They currently compete in Premiership Women's Rugby, the highest division of women's rugby union in England.

For the men's team, see Sale Sharks.

Sale Sharks Women
Full nameSale Sharks Women
UnionRFU
Founded2020
Ground(s)Heywood Road
Coach(es)Rachel Taylor
Captain(s)Lauren Delany & Georgie Perris-Redding
League(s)PWR

History

On 30 January 2020, Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks announced that they would apply for place in the Premier 15s League ahead of the 2020–21 season,[1] committing £1 million over a three-year period to their women's section.[2] Their application was successful,[3] and on 6 April, Sale Sharks Women were entered into the league alongside Exeter Chiefs Women, replacing Waterloo and Richmond.[4]

Sale's application to be a part of the Premier 15s from the 2023/24 season onwards was initially rejected by the RFU.[5] The club would later receive a conditional offer to fill one of the two remaining places in the league in February 2023.[6]

Home ground

Sale Sharks Women play their home matches at Heywood Road (currently named CorpAcq Stadium for sponsorship reasons) in Sale, Greater Manchester, and train at Carrington Lane, the Sale Sharks High Performance Centre owned by Sale FC.[7]

Season summaries
Premiership Domestic Cup
Season Competition Final Position Points Play-offs Competition Performance
2020–21 Allianz Premier 15s 9th 19 N/A No competition N/A
2021–22 Allianz Premier 15s 9th 14 Allianz Cup 3rd in pool
2022–23 Allianz Premier 15s 7th 35 Allianz Cup 7th
2023–24 Premiership Women's Rugby 8th 13 Allianz Cup 6th

Current players
For player movements before or during the 2023–24 season, see List of 2023–24 Premier 15s transfers.

As of September 2023[8]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Scarlett Fielding Hooker England
Molly Kelly Hooker Wales
Marion Ridegway Hooker England
Niamh Swailes Hooker England
Molly Wright Hooker Scotland
Catie Benson Prop United States
Detysha Harper Prop England
Elsbeth Innes Prop England
Alice Iwanejko Prop England
Nick James Prop United States
Erica Jarrell Prop United States
Sophie Lewis Prop England
Leah Lyons Prop Ireland
Amber Schonert Prop South Africa
Niamh Williams Prop England
Anne Young Prop Scotland
Iona Antwis Lock England
Vicky E Irwin Lock Ireland
Molly Morrissey Lock England
Morwenna Talling Lock England
Sara Tounesi Lock Italy
Alycia Washington Lock United States
Jo Brown Back row Ireland
Jasmine Hazell Back row England
Rachel McLachlan Back row Scotland
Katie Moore Back row England
Georgie Perris-Redding (cc) Back row United States
Kay Searcy Back row England
Player Position Union
Willow Bell Scrum-half England
Mhairi Grieve Scrum-half Scotland
Sian Jones Scrum-half Wales
India Perris-Redding Scrum-half United States
Jess Taylor-Roberts Scrum-half Wales
Cara Cookland Fly-half England
Lizzie Duffy Fly-half Ireland
Sarah Law Fly-half Scotland
Grace White Fly-half England
Minori Yamamoto Fly-half Japan
Hollie Bawden Centre England
Alicia Calton Centre England
Eti Haungatau Centre United States
Katana Howard Centre United States
Vicky A Irwin Centre Ireland
Laura Perrin Centre England
Beatrice Rigoni Centre Italy
Lauren Bolger Wing England
Sophie Hopkins Wing England
April Ishida Wing England
Nikita Prothero Wing England
Ellen Ramsbottom Wing England
Holly Thorpe Wing England
Evie Tonkin Wing Scotland
Eva Wood Wing England
Lauren Delany (cc) Fullback Ireland
Rachel Woosey Fullback England

Notable Players

The following are players which have represented their countries at the Rugby World Cup whilst playing for Sale Sharks:

Tournament Players selected England players Other national team players
2021 11 Rachel McLachlan, Molly Wright, Sarah Law, Lisa Thomson , Sara Tounesi , Carly Waters, Catie Benson, Georgie Perris-Redding, Joanna Kitlinksi, Katana Howard, Nick James

Club staff
Role Name
Head of Operations for Women's Rugby Callum Yorke[9]
Women's Performance Lead Katy Daley-McLean
Women's Performance Coach Rachel Taylor[10]

References
  1. "Sale Sharks Enter Unchartered Waters with High Performance Women's Team Bid". Sale Sharks. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. Tomas, Fiona (6 April 2020). "Premier 15s clubs being underfunded, says Richmond board director". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "Club Statement – Sale Sharks Women to join Tyrrells Premier 15's". Sale Sharks. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "Tyrrells Premier 15s clubs until 2020 confirmed". Premier 15s. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. "Club Statement - Sale Sharks Women". Sale Sharks. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. "Sharks Women receive conditional offer to join Premier 15s". Sale Sharks. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  7. "About". Sale Sharks. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. "Womens Archives". Sale Sharks. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. "Sale Sharks Women appoint Katy Daley-Mclean as Women's Performance Lead". Sale Sharks. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  10. "Former Wales star Taylor joins Sharks Women's coaching team". Sale Sharks. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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