Sale Sharks have extended the contracts of 20 players, including England internationals Raffi Quirke and Bevan Rodd.
Sale are second in the Premiership, eight points behind Saracens.
Director of rugby Alex Sanderson told the club website: “This is massive news for this club and it’s another demonstration of how committed we are to developing young, exciting, northern talent.
“We have big constraints on us with the salary-cap reductions and you can see from other clubs that maybe some players in the league perhaps weren’t willing to sacrifice any money.
“That hasn’t been the case with us. We’ve had tough conversations and across the board the lads want to stay for extra security and because they know that we want them and they believe that we’re building something here.
“These lads are the fibres of the fabric of the north. They are buying into something that’s bigger than just them.
“Getting to play week in, week out with your best mates at a club that values you, is the best and I don’t know if you truly understand that until you move away.
“We’re very lucky to have these lads.”
FULL LIST OF NEW CONTRACTS:
Simon McIntyre
Joe Jones
Tommy Taylor
Ewan Murphy
Rouban Birch
Sam Dugdale
Cal Ford
Arron Reed
Bevan Rodd
