Sharks have too much bite for Leicester

Sale Sharks 45 Leicester 20

Sharks have too much bite for Leicester
Sat, 27 May, 2006 - 18:10

Sale Sharks 45 Leicester 20

Sale Sharks emphatically landed their first league title – and made Guinness Premiership history in the process – by sinking Leicester at a rain-swept Twickenham.

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