SHARK BAIT...

Horizon Sports caught up with Ian Dawe the coach of Sale Sharks this morning. Dawe was obviously not happy with some of the fallout from the Sevens Comp, however he had kind words about the young Stade side that held his international players to a draw …

“ it is too harsh to say they disrespected the tournament, it was a good chance to let the younger fringe players shine. They showed great resolve and tenacity to fight back for the draw, although of course a few high tackles seemed to have been missed by the ref, but that’s rugby.”

This then got him talking about some of the comments allegedly made by the Wasps coach …

“If he (Fase the Wasps coach) thinks things got rough then he should try and remember that rugby is supposed to be a contact sport! The game is played by men and if his prima donnas can’t handle this then maybe they should go and play in the ‘Andrex League’ (for our foreign viewers this is the English toilet paper which prides itself on being ‘soft’).

Dawe then spoke about the match with Saracens which he narrowly lost …

“Fair play to Saracens for an excellent victory although we (the Sharks) were a little jaded in the final after chasing Wasps around the pitch in the match before, obviously they didn’t want to get their kit dirty!”
When asked if he was looking forward to the Cup Challenge he continued with the sledging of Wasps …
“ we are looking forward to showing the Wasps how to play the ‘mens’ game … I think they need reminding!’

Here at Horizon sports we think we are going to be in for a cracker of a comp …