Peter Stringer won’t settle for second best with Sale Sharks

Peter Stringer and Brad Thorn don’t share too many attributes as rugby players, but the Irish scrum-half may yet match the Kiwi by stretching his professional career beyond his 40th birthday.

Stringer will suit up for Sale Sharks next season having made the switch from Bath and, at the grand old age of 37, has already served notice of his intentions by finishing second in the squad’s pre-season fitness tests.

“I met with the coaching staff before I signed. They said they were keen to get me up there and I said I was coming up to play,” he explained, having been announced as a pundit for TV3’s World Cup coverage.