As reported by BBC Radio Manchester's Nathan Middleton earlier today, Sale boss Steve Diamond has confirmed that hooker Tommy Taylor is out until Christmas with an injury sustained in his appearance for England against the Barbarians earlier this summer. I am personally very high on Tommy Taylor so naturally this news comes as a disappointment. Although experiencing only limited first-team apperances last season due a combination of injury, the incredible form of fellow Hooker Marc Jones and some rumoured off the field problems in Dubai, Taylor at 21 is one of Sale's rising English stars and was named to Stuart Lancaster's 40-man preliminary squad before the tour to New Zealand and was someone I expected to really cement his place in Sale's starting XV for next season.
With Dan Baines gone, Sale's depth at Hooker has suddenly become very shallow. Diamond is obviously looking for a short-term replacement with Bath's recently released Eusebio Guiñazú the current favourite for a deal. I would also suspect this means we may see Sale's sole representative in the last England U20 and Junior World Cup winning squad, Cameron Neild, get more game time at first team level than originally anticipated, especially if further injury problems occur.
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Dan
8/14/2014 10:21:19 pm
Where has Dan Baines gone to? Why was he released?
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SharkTankRugby
8/14/2014 11:24:36 pm
From his Twitter it looks like he has joined Vale of Lune RUFC of the North 1 West league and likely because of a long-term injury to his leg(?) I believe that he was suffering from throughout much of last season.
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