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I may be wrong but it seems to just be quoting the video the club did
- Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:25 pm
#74841
SA side announced for the AB's game at Eden Park. Accordingly to reports JLDP was meant to start but picked up a 'niggle'.
This summer he has been pencilled in for 3 games which he has had to miss (wife giving birth and 2 injuries). All I want is to see him deservedly running out as a starter for SA!
This summer he has been pencilled in for 3 games which he has had to miss (wife giving birth and 2 injuries). All I want is to see him deservedly running out as a starter for SA!
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- Fri Sep 05, 2025 9:54 pm
#74866
Sam James starting at 10 for Racing in their opening game of the season tomorrow
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- Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:36 am
#74903
I’m posting this, solely because it made me smile.
Mike, Rayer Bedford Blues (Rayer won 21 caps for Wales, played 350+ times for Cardiff & was the first player to move clubs for a transfer)
A couple of months ago, Mike Rayer received a LinkedIn notification reminding him that it was the 20-year anniversary of his appointment as director of rugby at Bedford Blues. “I thought bloody hell, that’s come around quickly,” Rayer says of the milestone which makes him the longest-serving director of rugby or head coach in English elite rugby.
In fact if you extrapolate that across English football and cricket, then Rayer has been in charge longer than either Simon Weaver (Harrogate Town) or Peter Moores (Nottinghamshire) – it even surpasses Sir Alex Ferguson’s mammoth tenure as Manchester United manager.
“I feel privileged to still be here,” Rayer said. “You’d like to think, after all these years, I would treat victory and defeat in equal measure, but I think it gets harder. Your weekends are still dictated by the results and how they go.”
It all started with Welsh rugby being at a crossroads – plus ça change! – and a cup of coffee with former Bedford chairman Geoff Irvine at a motorway services station. Rayer was disillusioned with a shake-up of Cardiff’s academy system and saw the role at Bedford, where he had played for a couple of seasons, as a potential stepping stone. Entering his 21st preseason at Goldington Road, Rayer has instead become as ingrained as granite at the second-tier club – and it was all based on a handshake.
“It was perfect timing with what was happening in Wales, and I suppose that’s been my whole career: I had no pace, but I had decent timing,” Rayer said. “I had an initial heads of agreement for a three-year deal, but I have never had a contract. You want to back yourself in a way, and I didn’t want any issues either way. If I wanted to walk away, I probably could have. But we have always operated over a handshake.”
What Rayer has created with Bedford might just rank as English rugby’s most underrated success story. Year on year, Bedford outperform their part-time budget largely funded by their supporters and sponsors – they even turned a small profit last season – while also playing a thrilling brand of rugby. Rayer ranks last season as potentially his most enjoyable as they finished second in the Championship behind Ealing Trailfinders and gave champions Bath a fright in the Premiership Rugby Cup at the Rec.
“I remember afterwards loads of Bath supporters came up to say you’re one of the best teams they’ve seen this season in terms of the way we played the game, which meant a lot,” Rayer said.
Playing that style of rugby, Bedford provide the perfect breeding ground for up and coming players to go on loan. With links to Leicester, Saracens and Northampton, you could easily compile a who’s who of players who cut their teeth under Rayer from Owen Farrell to Dan Cole and Henry Pollock, who Rayer recently discovered gave the half-time team talk in a derby against Ampthill.
“Then he comes out and scores a worldie, running 70 metres down the touchline so fair play,” Rayer said. “We just provide the vehicle for these guys. They know when they come here, we play a good brand of rugby, and they can showcase their talents. We don’t have a massive coaching effect on them, but we operate in a good environment and they can come and and enjoy themselves without too much structure to worry about.”
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall is among those who is happy to vouch for the effect that a loan spell at Bedford can have on a young player.
“It is not just the rugby education they get but also the compassion, the fairness and the kindness they receive and the understanding of how to be a team man,” says McCall. “Rayer says players who go there have to be all in, that’s as it should be. You send 19-year-olds to Mike, they come back with an increased understanding of what it takes to be a good team man.
“He’s someone who has devoted himself to bringing the best out of other people and showing them what’s possible. I think if you asked players who has been important in their lives, you would have a lot of people around the country who would use the name Mike Rayer.”
Given his consistent track record of overachievement – Bedford have finished in the top half for 16 of his 20 seasons – it is something of a mystery that Rayer has never been snapped up by either a Premiership club or especially a Welsh region. There have been conversations but Rayer never felt the stars align.
“Even with my playing career, I never had a burning desire to play for Wales,” Rayer said. “I know that sounds bizarre. They were dreams, but I have always felt that would be the reward for doing what you’re doing on a daily basis for my club, which was Cardiff. I always felt that with this, if I do my job well on a day-to-day basis, something will come along.”
‘I took Frank Warren to court’
A nuggety full-back, Rayer was something of a cult hero as a player, appearing more than 300 times for Cardiff and winning 21 caps for Wales. Working as a sheet-metal worker, he needed to apply for unpaid leave to go on Wales’ summer tours. His name even became immortalised in rhyming slang (Mikey Rayer = all-dayer) and a beer has been named in his honour by Welsh brewery Crafty Devil. “These two lads were brewing beer in their shed in the garden and I just loved their story,” Rayer said. “They didn’t ask me permission, but I get a few cans every year so I am happy.”
Rayer can also claim to be the first rugby player to be subject to a transfer fee when Bedford, then owned by boxing promoter Frank Warren, signed him from Cardiff for £15,000. “It didn’t end all that well because Frank got into the spat with Don King and had all his assets frozen and I had to go to court to get out my contract.”
‘I make sure my players have a beer with fans’
The advent of professionalism never sat well with Rayer. When he returned to Cardiff, the players stopped socialising with supporters after games, something that he insists upon his own squad doing after every home game.
“We’ve kind of kept them traditional values around the club,” Rayer said. “After a match, the players mingle with the supporters and share the beer with them. And I think that’s everything. That was one thing I noticed when I did go back to Cardiff from here, we were kind of sheltered as players from supporters.
“Thinking back to my career, I never made a memory out of a pay packet. I think being part-time suits us. We don’t see each other all the time. Relationships can become quite frayed when you are in each other’s pockets all the time.”
Rayer seems reluctant to acknowledge the scale of his own achievements, frequently shifting praise to his players such as Dean Adamson, who became the club’s all time try-scorer last season – “he gets Bedford to the core” – or past players such as former fly-half Jake Sharp – “He could do things with a rugby ball I couldn’t dream of” – or old-school enforcer Paul Tupai, “my best signing ever. I signed him at 33 and got 10 years out of him.”
The word Rayer uses over and over is “enjoyment” and this is what keeps him coming back season after season. “It’s the human side of things that I relish, and the relationships you build with the players and coaches,” Rayer said. “I still love the bus trips home. You have some bloody mad bus trips home, particularly if you win down at Cornish Pirates. We’ve won the last three years in a row down there, and I’m asleep by Devon. Some people have said I lack ambition but if something’s a good fit and you enjoy it then why would you want to move?
Mike, Rayer Bedford Blues (Rayer won 21 caps for Wales, played 350+ times for Cardiff & was the first player to move clubs for a transfer)
A couple of months ago, Mike Rayer received a LinkedIn notification reminding him that it was the 20-year anniversary of his appointment as director of rugby at Bedford Blues. “I thought bloody hell, that’s come around quickly,” Rayer says of the milestone which makes him the longest-serving director of rugby or head coach in English elite rugby.
In fact if you extrapolate that across English football and cricket, then Rayer has been in charge longer than either Simon Weaver (Harrogate Town) or Peter Moores (Nottinghamshire) – it even surpasses Sir Alex Ferguson’s mammoth tenure as Manchester United manager.
“I feel privileged to still be here,” Rayer said. “You’d like to think, after all these years, I would treat victory and defeat in equal measure, but I think it gets harder. Your weekends are still dictated by the results and how they go.”
It all started with Welsh rugby being at a crossroads – plus ça change! – and a cup of coffee with former Bedford chairman Geoff Irvine at a motorway services station. Rayer was disillusioned with a shake-up of Cardiff’s academy system and saw the role at Bedford, where he had played for a couple of seasons, as a potential stepping stone. Entering his 21st preseason at Goldington Road, Rayer has instead become as ingrained as granite at the second-tier club – and it was all based on a handshake.
“It was perfect timing with what was happening in Wales, and I suppose that’s been my whole career: I had no pace, but I had decent timing,” Rayer said. “I had an initial heads of agreement for a three-year deal, but I have never had a contract. You want to back yourself in a way, and I didn’t want any issues either way. If I wanted to walk away, I probably could have. But we have always operated over a handshake.”
What Rayer has created with Bedford might just rank as English rugby’s most underrated success story. Year on year, Bedford outperform their part-time budget largely funded by their supporters and sponsors – they even turned a small profit last season – while also playing a thrilling brand of rugby. Rayer ranks last season as potentially his most enjoyable as they finished second in the Championship behind Ealing Trailfinders and gave champions Bath a fright in the Premiership Rugby Cup at the Rec.
“I remember afterwards loads of Bath supporters came up to say you’re one of the best teams they’ve seen this season in terms of the way we played the game, which meant a lot,” Rayer said.
Playing that style of rugby, Bedford provide the perfect breeding ground for up and coming players to go on loan. With links to Leicester, Saracens and Northampton, you could easily compile a who’s who of players who cut their teeth under Rayer from Owen Farrell to Dan Cole and Henry Pollock, who Rayer recently discovered gave the half-time team talk in a derby against Ampthill.
“Then he comes out and scores a worldie, running 70 metres down the touchline so fair play,” Rayer said. “We just provide the vehicle for these guys. They know when they come here, we play a good brand of rugby, and they can showcase their talents. We don’t have a massive coaching effect on them, but we operate in a good environment and they can come and and enjoy themselves without too much structure to worry about.”
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall is among those who is happy to vouch for the effect that a loan spell at Bedford can have on a young player.
“It is not just the rugby education they get but also the compassion, the fairness and the kindness they receive and the understanding of how to be a team man,” says McCall. “Rayer says players who go there have to be all in, that’s as it should be. You send 19-year-olds to Mike, they come back with an increased understanding of what it takes to be a good team man.
“He’s someone who has devoted himself to bringing the best out of other people and showing them what’s possible. I think if you asked players who has been important in their lives, you would have a lot of people around the country who would use the name Mike Rayer.”
Given his consistent track record of overachievement – Bedford have finished in the top half for 16 of his 20 seasons – it is something of a mystery that Rayer has never been snapped up by either a Premiership club or especially a Welsh region. There have been conversations but Rayer never felt the stars align.
“Even with my playing career, I never had a burning desire to play for Wales,” Rayer said. “I know that sounds bizarre. They were dreams, but I have always felt that would be the reward for doing what you’re doing on a daily basis for my club, which was Cardiff. I always felt that with this, if I do my job well on a day-to-day basis, something will come along.”
‘I took Frank Warren to court’
A nuggety full-back, Rayer was something of a cult hero as a player, appearing more than 300 times for Cardiff and winning 21 caps for Wales. Working as a sheet-metal worker, he needed to apply for unpaid leave to go on Wales’ summer tours. His name even became immortalised in rhyming slang (Mikey Rayer = all-dayer) and a beer has been named in his honour by Welsh brewery Crafty Devil. “These two lads were brewing beer in their shed in the garden and I just loved their story,” Rayer said. “They didn’t ask me permission, but I get a few cans every year so I am happy.”
Rayer can also claim to be the first rugby player to be subject to a transfer fee when Bedford, then owned by boxing promoter Frank Warren, signed him from Cardiff for £15,000. “It didn’t end all that well because Frank got into the spat with Don King and had all his assets frozen and I had to go to court to get out my contract.”
‘I make sure my players have a beer with fans’
The advent of professionalism never sat well with Rayer. When he returned to Cardiff, the players stopped socialising with supporters after games, something that he insists upon his own squad doing after every home game.
“We’ve kind of kept them traditional values around the club,” Rayer said. “After a match, the players mingle with the supporters and share the beer with them. And I think that’s everything. That was one thing I noticed when I did go back to Cardiff from here, we were kind of sheltered as players from supporters.
“Thinking back to my career, I never made a memory out of a pay packet. I think being part-time suits us. We don’t see each other all the time. Relationships can become quite frayed when you are in each other’s pockets all the time.”
Rayer seems reluctant to acknowledge the scale of his own achievements, frequently shifting praise to his players such as Dean Adamson, who became the club’s all time try-scorer last season – “he gets Bedford to the core” – or past players such as former fly-half Jake Sharp – “He could do things with a rugby ball I couldn’t dream of” – or old-school enforcer Paul Tupai, “my best signing ever. I signed him at 33 and got 10 years out of him.”
The word Rayer uses over and over is “enjoyment” and this is what keeps him coming back season after season. “It’s the human side of things that I relish, and the relationships you build with the players and coaches,” Rayer said. “I still love the bus trips home. You have some bloody mad bus trips home, particularly if you win down at Cornish Pirates. We’ve won the last three years in a row down there, and I’m asleep by Devon. Some people have said I lack ambition but if something’s a good fit and you enjoy it then why would you want to move?
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- Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:17 am
#74912
Once of this parish, Andy Titterrell named as head coach for England U20.
https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/new ... -confirmed
https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/new ... -confirmed
- Mon Sep 15, 2025 7:50 pm
#75001
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/a ... dxqpnlgglo
Umm, I know what Mike is quoted as saying, but….
Umm, I know what Mike is quoted as saying, but….
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:17 pm
#75196
https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/ ... l-ibitoye/
Could be it for AJ MacGinty. Done his Achilles with the expected time back being 9 months. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see him on the pitch again given his age.
Could be it for AJ MacGinty. Done his Achilles with the expected time back being 9 months. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see him on the pitch again given his age.
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 4:05 pm
#75198
Incidentally, if Raffi can stay fit, Randall’s injury could be a way back into the England setup.
If
I think comparing the wording around Randall (“having surgery and will be back next year”) and AJ (“had surgery”) was interesting.RinTin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:17 pmhttps://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/ ... l-ibitoye/
Could be it for AJ MacGinty. Done his Achilles with the expected time back being 9 months. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see him on the pitch again given his age.
Incidentally, if Raffi can stay fit, Randall’s injury could be a way back into the England setup.
If
- Mon Oct 13, 2025 10:42 am
#75430
Luther Burrell:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... r61plm727o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... r61plm727o
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Mon Oct 13, 2025 11:10 am
#75433
Wasn't academy, came to us from Leeds IIRC, never quite seemed to fit our style, or our style didn't fit his undeniable talents, had particular problems defensively. Left us for Saints after 1 season, I think, and didn't appear to be unique at that time in having major success whilst there.
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- Mon Oct 13, 2025 9:34 pm
#75459
I don't know why everyone is so surprised. It's always happened and always will happen. They go under a stone for a while, but they always come back out. It would be much easier if they just had an 'R' stuck to their forehead, then at least we all know where we stand. Nothing worse than the closet racists, I prefer the ones that at least tell the truth.
It's only going to get worse from here, that's for sure.
I've left my motorcycle club because they think it's acceptable to have racist 'banter' and use the P word in front of me etc. The confederate flag goes unchallenged at biker rallies. And they're not Hells Angels, mainly 50+ year-old guys.Lord Elpus wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 10:42 amLuther Burrell:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... r61plm727o
I don't know why everyone is so surprised. It's always happened and always will happen. They go under a stone for a while, but they always come back out. It would be much easier if they just had an 'R' stuck to their forehead, then at least we all know where we stand. Nothing worse than the closet racists, I prefer the ones that at least tell the truth.
It's only going to get worse from here, that's for sure.
- Fri Oct 17, 2025 3:53 pm
#75554
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... vej689214o
its a shame that it didn't work out for him ay Sale
and into the team to play Lions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... vej689214o
its a shame that it didn't work out for him ay Sale
- Sat Oct 18, 2025 2:42 pm
#75568
Didn't he have a serious (for a professional rugby player) medical condition?
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Sat Oct 18, 2025 5:52 pm
#75571
Yeah he had a heart problem that required surgery, I remember the club writing an article about it
Edit: https://www.salesharks.com/2025/02/10/a ... d-my-life/
Not surprising he moved back closer to his family after that
Edit: https://www.salesharks.com/2025/02/10/a ... d-my-life/
Not surprising he moved back closer to his family after that
- Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:59 pm
#75711
Manu signs for another season at Bayonne. He seems to have stayed fit last season.
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:48 am
#75718
Very surprised by that given his age, but look at Nonu I suppose.
Manu has found fitness and form out in Bayonne (played 80 minutes on more occasions than any other season) - long may it continue. Just like when Jonny went out there it is showing there is something in the southern French air.
Manu has found fitness and form out in Bayonne (played 80 minutes on more occasions than any other season) - long may it continue. Just like when Jonny went out there it is showing there is something in the southern French air.
- Tue Oct 28, 2025 8:39 am
#75866
https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/rassie-e ... uggernaut/
Pretty depressing read from our perspective as this was supposed to be LRR.
Pretty depressing read from our perspective as this was supposed to be LRR.
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- Tue Oct 28, 2025 8:43 am
#75867
From what I've seen so far he's a mule - like a donkey but much bigger.
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:54 pm
#76013
Good to see him getting another crack in the Prem, was disappointed when he left as he looked really good in the prem cup games he played for us
Never really kicked on at Saints, believe he spent almost all his time there on loan in the championship?
Never really kicked on at Saints, believe he spent almost all his time there on loan in the championship?
- Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:38 am
#76504
Akker & Wiese lost to Stains - who were ominously good. Papier on as sub early ish.
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Tue Dec 16, 2025 5:04 pm
#76511
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/south-af ... st-career/
Enough to get him back on the international radar
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/south-af ... st-career/
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- Tue Dec 16, 2025 5:10 pm
#76512
Jesus - never realised he was the non travelling tighthead reserve prop for both 2019 and 2023 world cups.
If Sinkler suffered his 2019 final injury in the semi then Nick would have got the call. Our very own Stephen Donald.
If Sinkler suffered his 2019 final injury in the semi then Nick would have got the call. Our very own Stephen Donald.
- Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:40 am
#77120
Insightful post from Tommy Taylor on LinkedIn. I had no idea about his leg issues
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tommy-ta ... 38018-QW7M
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tommy-ta ... 38018-QW7M
Physically… not much has changed. The nerve in my leg still hasn’t decided to wake up, and my left calf remains more of a concept than a muscle.
Slightly bothered by that, if I’m honest...
- Sun Jan 25, 2026 2:26 pm
#77334
Ben Cohen in today's Sunday Times (25/01/2026) on retirement:-
'I knew the game was up when I became surplus to requirements
I was player of the year at Sale , they led me on from January to April.Coach Steve Diamond called me and said "we don't want you mate". No send off , nothing. I'd no club, nowhere to go, so I retired.'
'I knew the game was up when I became surplus to requirements
I was player of the year at Sale , they led me on from January to April.Coach Steve Diamond called me and said "we don't want you mate". No send off , nothing. I'd no club, nowhere to go, so I retired.'
Make Orkney stoat free.
- Mon Jan 26, 2026 10:32 am
#77344
Wonder why Dimes didn't want to keep him after being player of the year?
...Brutal...Lord Elpus wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 2:26 pmBen Cohen in today's Sunday Times (25/01/2026) on retirement:-
'I knew the game was up when I became surplus to requirements
I was player of the year at Sale , they led me on from January to April.Coach Steve Diamond called me and said "we don't want you mate". No send off , nothing. I'd no club, nowhere to go, so I retired.'
Wonder why Dimes didn't want to keep him after being player of the year?
- Mon Jan 26, 2026 1:11 pm
#77345
I was a season ticket holder at that time. My recollection of him being player of the year isn’t “clear.” I also recall he had bags of experience, etc but couldn’t be described as rapid.
I stand to be corrected but Player of the Year
2024 Sam James
2023 Sam James & Jono Ross
2022 Faf de Klerk
2021 ??
2020 Rob Webber
2019 Andrei Ostrikov
2018 Johnny Leota
2017 Eifion Lewis-Roberts
2016 ??
2015 Mark Jones & Will Cliff
2014 ??
2013 Mark Cueto
2012 Nick MacLeod
2011 Charlie Hodgson
2010 Dean Schofield
2009 ??
2008 Nick Johnson
2007 Niels de Vos
2006 Robbie Dickson
2005 Bryan Redpath
I believe some of the above are defo dubious. That’s what age does to you.
BTW I think he played for us between 2009/2011?
I stand to be corrected but Player of the Year
2024 Sam James
2023 Sam James & Jono Ross
2022 Faf de Klerk
2021 ??
2020 Rob Webber
2019 Andrei Ostrikov
2018 Johnny Leota
2017 Eifion Lewis-Roberts
2016 ??
2015 Mark Jones & Will Cliff
2014 ??
2013 Mark Cueto
2012 Nick MacLeod
2011 Charlie Hodgson
2010 Dean Schofield
2009 ??
2008 Nick Johnson
2007 Niels de Vos
2006 Robbie Dickson
2005 Bryan Redpath
I believe some of the above are defo dubious. That’s what age does to you.
BTW I think he played for us between 2009/2011?
- Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:22 am
#77346
I'm of a similar vintage - I remember Cohen playing for us during one of declining periods.
Must admit can't remember him doing much on the pitch - he scored a try vs Toulouse away when I was there -
Must admit can't remember him doing much on the pitch - he scored a try vs Toulouse away when I was there -
- Tue Jan 27, 2026 12:31 pm
#77349
Found this via GPT in an interview about the Lions.
"Sale don't want me anymore because they're trying to spend more money in the pack," said Cohen, who joined the Sharks from French side Brive in 2009.
"I've got another couple of years left in me so I'll try to get a club in the Premiership. If not, I'll retire. So we'll just have to see what happens."
Cohen’s contract with the Edgeley Park outfit runs out at the end of the current campaign and the former Northampton star is clearly disappointed not to have been handed a new deal.
The move comes as new Sale boss Steve Diamond assesses his options having replaced Mike Brewer earlier this year.
Diamond has already made plenty of signings up front in the form of Munster prop Tony Buckley, Leeds youngster Kearnan Myall and Wasps hooker Joe Ward, and Cohen believes the emphasis on strengthening the pack has ultimately led to his departure.
"Sale don't want me anymore because they're trying to spend more money in the pack," added Cohen.
"I've played more than 50 games in one-and-a-half seasons at Sale and I play week in, week out.
"I'm a bit gutted that I'm given the push but that's life. You just have to take it on the chin."
"Sale don't want me anymore because they're trying to spend more money in the pack," said Cohen, who joined the Sharks from French side Brive in 2009.
"I've got another couple of years left in me so I'll try to get a club in the Premiership. If not, I'll retire. So we'll just have to see what happens."
Cohen’s contract with the Edgeley Park outfit runs out at the end of the current campaign and the former Northampton star is clearly disappointed not to have been handed a new deal.
The move comes as new Sale boss Steve Diamond assesses his options having replaced Mike Brewer earlier this year.
Diamond has already made plenty of signings up front in the form of Munster prop Tony Buckley, Leeds youngster Kearnan Myall and Wasps hooker Joe Ward, and Cohen believes the emphasis on strengthening the pack has ultimately led to his departure.
"Sale don't want me anymore because they're trying to spend more money in the pack," added Cohen.
"I've played more than 50 games in one-and-a-half seasons at Sale and I play week in, week out.
"I'm a bit gutted that I'm given the push but that's life. You just have to take it on the chin."
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- Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:03 pm
#77352
Those player of the seasons aren't right surely. No way S James won twice on the bounce, and he was bad one of those seasons and couldn't get in the team ahead of RDP for those 2 seasons when Ford was fit.
Cohen was poor first season and "fine" the second season. Not close to player of season, so a strange choice by the supporters club. Also presumably on good money, we had Addison coming through, so he wouldn't have been first choice.
On the flip side his money went on Tony Buckley!!!
Cohen was poor first season and "fine" the second season. Not close to player of season, so a strange choice by the supporters club. Also presumably on good money, we had Addison coming through, so he wouldn't have been first choice.
On the flip side his money went on Tony Buckley!!!