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12 hours ago
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Sale Women sign England fly-half Aitchison
Sale Sharks Women have signed England fly-half Holly Aitchison from Premiership rivals Bristol Bears on a two-year 27-year-old spent two years at Bristol and was a member of the 2025 England squad that won the Women's Six Nations Grand Slam."I'm super excited to be coming back up north. This is something I have always wanted to do in my career and I'm so glad now is the right time," Southport-born Aitchison told Sharks' club website., external"I'm looking forward to engaging with the community in Manchester and inspiring the next generation of Sharks and Red Roses."Ultimately, I want to help push northern rugby up to the top end of the game and that is the ambition in the coming years."Aitchison began her professional career at Saracens where she won the Premier 15s title in 2024, she was named at fly-half in the World Rugby XV and also in this year's Premiership Women's Rugby team of the season."I've known about this news for a while, but I'm still as excited about this announcement as the fans will be, seeing it for the first time today," Sale head coach Tom Hudson added."It's a huge moment for us as a club to bring in a player like Holly and it says so much about our ambition as a club. It's massive for northern women's rugby too, to be able to bring her back home."
BBC News
24-05-2025
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Wales back Keight to join Sale Sharks in summer
Wales international Courtney Keight will join Sale Sharks Women for the 2025-26 versatile back - who can operate at centre, full-back or on the wing - will depart Bristol Bears Women having signed a one-year deal with said: "I have always placed a lot of importance on a good environment and culture because I want to feel like I'm valued and supported and part of a team."I've always seen Sale as being a place where that's the case. Players and coaches support each other and have fun, they celebrate everything together and that really drew me to the club. "On the pitch there's obviously a lot of investment and that tells me that there's a lot of ambition to be successful in the future. As a whole it looks like a great place to be and I can see myself thriving. I can't wait to get started."Sharks' new head coach Tom Hudson said: "I've spent the past two seasons as a competitor, looking for a weakness in Courtney's game, so I'm incredibly happy and relieved that that's everyone else's problem now."She has so much potential still and we have every intention of ripping off the mask and turning her into a PWR superstar."
