Sheridan returns to Sale pack for big Brive test

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The French club, once a mighty force in Europe, as demonstrated by their thumping Heineken Cup success over Leicester in the 1997 final, will also run into another returning England international, Mark Cueto.

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On the charge: Sheridan will be back for Sale

Luke McAlister will assume goal-kicking duties as the fly half replacement for Charlie Hodgson, demoted to the bench after missing a few days training because of the birth of a baby boy this week.

Bristol have applied for permission to take the English Premiership to Wales next season and play their home games in Newport.

The formal request to English Rugby Ltd, the joint RFU-Premiership clubs body, is for a temporary relocation to Rodney Parade, home of the Newport Gwent Dragons. The move will also be subject to the official blessing of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Bristol's future beyond the end of this season is uncertain because of the redevelopment of the Memorial Ground, owned by Bristol Rovers. The 18-month project, designed to increase the stadium by 50 per cent to a 18,500 all-seater, is due to start this summer, six months behind schedule.

The rugby club deny that the Newport move is a 'done deal' and say they are considering ground-sharing options on the English side of the Severn Bridge, with Gloucester or Bath.

Bristol head coach Richard Hill said: 'We still do not know when the redevelopment work is to begin. We have to be ready to play wherever that may be.'

Seru Rabeni, Leicester's Fijian centre-cum-wing, has appealed against a 14-week ban for gouging Saracens hooker Andi Kyriacou during the clubs' Premiership match last month.

Rabeni, who denies the charge, will reappear before a different RFU tribunal in London next Thursday, with his place in next week's EDF Energy Cup Final hanging on the verdict.