Can Sale recover after season of strife?

As befits a campaign that has gone badly astray, injuries have played a key part. Sale's England core have nearly all spent significant stretches on the treatment table and been unavailable for selection. Back-row twins Tom and Ben Curry, winger Tom Roebuck, Asher Opoku-Fjordjour, and in recent weeks, fellow front-rowers Bevan Rodd and Luke Cowan-Dickie, have all missed large chunks of action. The coaching front has also been affected. …