Rob du Preez’s excellent conversion was in contrast to the fly-half’s two dodgy penalty misses earlier on. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Otherwise the most discernible discomfort was to Sale as they spent the most of the first half being penalised at the breakdown. The Sale players who did not kneel before last Friday’s Premiership match at Harlequins were Springbok World Cup winners Faf de Klerk and Lood de Jager‚ twins Jean-Luc and Daniel du Preez‚ … Steve Diamond has revealed Sale Sharks will be sending seven players to join the Springboks training squad – minus the injured Lood de Jager – which will affect his squad for the start of next season’s Gallagher Premiership and Heineken European Cup. LONDON – Sale Sharks players have received death threats for not taking a knee as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. Sign up to our mailing list for a weekly digest from the wide world of rugby. The hugs and pats on the back appeared to be against the reported guidelines but, again, these are surely very marginal considerations. Quins hit back with a try of their own, mauled over the Welsh hooker Scott Baldwin from a line-out to Flannery’s delight, and converted by Smith. A trim-looking England head coach Eddie Jones and his sidekicks John Mitchell, Matt Proudfoot and Simon Amor saw two contenders for the national side’s No.8 position in Quins’ Alex Dombrandt and Sale’s Jono Ross, while the incumbent from the Six Nations in March, Tom Curry, was in his more accustomed role on the openside. Sale Sharks have reportedly signed South African forward Cobus Wiese for next season, according to Rugby Pass. Sale Sharks Springboks lock Lood de Jager (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images). Every South African I have got with the exception of Cobus Wiese has been called up including Akker and Coenie. Tap ‘Menu’ and then ‘Times Radio’ to listen to the latest well-informed debate, expert analysis and breaking news. For the second match in a row since rugby’s restart, Sale Sharks’ South African players did not take a knee before kick-off. Want to talk all things rugby union from Sixways to the Six Nations? Those who did not kneel included Sale’s new signing, the Samoan-descended England centre Manu Tuilagi, who is a devout Christian, and the large contingent of South African-born players. “Rohan is playing well and he is on the Springbok radar because has been called up to the squad going to join their training camp at the end of our season or after the play-offs. Exeter Chiefs expectation brings with it new pressure – they are now the Premiership team to beat. THE STOOP — Amid the weirdness of an empty stadium and the debate over the mixed approaches to the pre-match symbolism, the return of professional rugby union in the United Kingdom was welcome more than wondrous as Harlequins reprised the win they put past Exeter in their last home Premiership fixture five and a half months ago.