Relive Sale Shark’s 2005/2006 seasons with this vintage Cotton Traders rugby shirt.

Official Cotton Traders Sale Sharks away rugby shirt from the 2005/2006 seasons.

Condition of this vintage rugby shirt is 8.5/10 – Excellent (see photos).

All size and manufacturers labels present (see photos). Material is bright, vivid and smooth. Fantastic looking shirt, ideal for a collector or for framing.

The latter Mallinder days saw the club at Twickenham again in 2004, losing narrowly to the Falcons in the Powergen Cup Final. In the summer of 2004 Jim Mallinder left Sale to take up a position in the RFU's National Academy. Following Mallinder's departure Sale appointed former French international Philippe Saint-André who had recently been turned down for the vacant position as coach of Wales. However with a new influx of players including French internationals Sébastien Bruno and Sébastien Chabal helped Saint-André and Sale win the 2005 European Challenge Cup again at Oxford, this time 27 – 3 against Pau, for the second time in three years.

New additions to the squad for the 2005–2006 season included French prop Lionel Faure, Samoan back Elvis Seveali'i and Welsh number eight Nathan Bonner-Evans. Building on their European Challenge Cup success, Sale won 16 games out of 22 to finish two games clear at the top of the table. In the semi-final, they won 22 – 12. They won the 2006 Guinness Premiership title with a 45 – 20 win against Leicester Tigers.

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