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Sale Sharks Women

Sale Sharks Women are a women's rugby union club based in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. They were founded in 2020 as the women's team of Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks. They currently compete in Premiership Women's Rugby, the highest division of women's rugby union in England.

Union
2020
Heywood Road
Tom Hudson
Georgie Perris-Redding
PWR

Sale Sharks Women are a women's rugby union club based in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. They were founded in 2020 as the women's team of Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks. They currently compete in Premiership Women's Rugby, the highest division of women's rugby union in England.

On 30 January 2020, Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks announced that they would apply for place in the Premier 15s League ahead of the 2020–21 season, committing £1 million over a three-year period to their women's section. Their application was successful, and on 6 April, Sale Sharks Women were entered into the league alongside Exeter Chiefs Women, replacing Waterloo and Richmond.

Sale's application to be a part of the Premier 15s from the 2023/24 season onwards was initially rejected by the RFU. The club would later receive a conditional offer to fill one of the two remaining places in the league in February 2023.

At the end of the 2024/25 season, head coach Rachel Taylor and Louise Dalgliesh left the club's coaching setup, with new head coach Tom Hudson being appointed in February 2025 to prepare for the upcoming 25/26 PWR season.

Sale Sharks Women play their home matches at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, and train at Carrington Lane, the Sale Sharks High Performance Centre owned by Sale FC. In March 2024, the club played their first standalone game at the men's home venue, the Salford Community Stadium, and this was followed up with a double header at the ground in December 2024.

	League	Cup
2020–21	Allianz Premier 15s	9th	19	–	No competition
2021–22	Allianz Premier 15s	9th	14	–	Allianz Cup	3rd in pool
2022–23	Allianz Premier 15s	7th	35	–	Allianz Cup	7th
2023–24	Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby	8th	13	–	Allianz Cup	6th
2024–25	Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby	9th	4	–	No competition

Gold background denotes champions

Silver background denotes runners-up

As of September 2025

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

The following are players which have represented their countries at the Rugby World Cup whilst playing for Sale Sharks:

Tournament	Players selected	England players	Other national team players
2021	11		Sara Tounesi Sarah Law, Rachel McLachlan, Lisa Thomson, Molly Wright Catie Benson,Katana Howard, Nick James, Joanna Kitlinksi, Georgie Perris-Redding, Carly Waters
2025	16	Holly Aitchison, Amy Cokayne, Morwenna Talling	Beatrice Rigoni Leah Bartlett, Eva Donaldson, Rhona Lloyd, Evie Wills, Molly Wright Alba Capell Catie Benson, Erica Jarrell-Searcy, Georgie Perris-Redding, Olivia Ortiz Courtney Keight, Gwenllian Pyrs

Role	Name
Head Coach	Tom Hudson
Assistant Coach	Mark Cueto
Defence Coach	Charlie Beckett
Scrum Coach	Luke Stratford
Lineout & Maul Coach	Pete Anglesea

As of 1 March 2025, for the 2025–26 season.
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