Tuilagi is set to return from injury for Sale’s last three gamesSanderson: ‘I am not Warren Gatland but I would take him’Manu Tuilagi will be in prime shape to face
South Africa if he is selected on Thursday for this summer’s
British &
Irish Lions tour, according to his club Sale. The
England centre is set to return for his side’s final three Premiership games and, potentially, the play-offs and Alex Sanderson, the Sharks’ director of rugby, fully expects the 29-year-old to hit the ground running.
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