Sale’s director of rugby, Alex Sanderson, backed George Ford to return to the England squad following the national side’s Six Nations hammering by France.
The fly-half was in action for Sale on Sunday in their 36-18 Premiership defeat at London Irish, having been left out of Steve Borthwick’s squad in favour of Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith.
England, beaten 53-10 by France, finish their Six Nations campaign next weekend against Ireland, who have a chance to complete the grand slam after their own victory against Scotland. “George will definitely go back and train with England,” Sanderson said. “It looks like Steve’s got a really difficult job now – to rebuild or rotate.
If I’m in his shoes I think you fall back to people you know and trust, and George ticks both of those boxes.” London Irish held off Sale in the second half before putting the game beyond reach with two late scores.