England captain Owen Farrell has been ruled out of Saracens’ trip to Sale after failing to recover from a concussion suffered during last weekend’s win over Bristol.
The England captain only returned from a fourth-month injury lay-off last weekend inspired Saracens to a narrow win over Bristol.
However, Sarries have now revealed that he suffered a head injury late on and has not passed return-to-play rules.
England hooker Jamie George will step up to captain Saracens at Sale instead.
It is the latest setback for Farrell who has endured a stop-start season.
SALE v SARACENS TEAMS:
SALE SHARKS: L James; Roebuck, S James, Van Rensburg, Reed; R Du Preez, De Klerk; Rodd, Ashman, Oosthuizen, Wiese, De Jager, Ross (capt), B Curry, D Du Preez
Replacements: Van der Merwe, McIntyre, Schonert, JP Du Preez, Taylor, Quirke, Tuilagi, Metcalf
SARACENS: Daly; Maitland, Lozowski, Tompkins, Malins, Goode, A Davies; Mawi, George (capt), Koch, Isiekwe, Swinson, Itoje, Earl, Vunipola
Replacements: Woolstencroft, Barrington, Clarey, McFarland, Christie, De Haas, Taylor, Lewington
Kick-off: 7.45pm Referee: Luke Pearce
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Below is the backline Wilkinson would pick to get England scoring again.
#BACK-THREE:
- 15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
- 14. Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons)
- 11. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
