Sale prop Harrison to leave club after 14 years

Ross Harrison has spent his entire professional career at Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks prop Ross Harrison will leave the Premiership club after fourteen years at the end of the season.

The 32-year-old loosehead has played more than 300 games for his boyhood club since making his professional debut in 2011.

Former England winger Mark Cueto is the only player to have made more appearances for Sharks.

Harrison played for England in a non-cap game against the Barbarians in 2014, also touring South Africa with England Saxons, and attending an England training camp in 2017.

Harrison told the club website: "I've loved my time as a Shark and it's really hard to accept that it's coming to an end. I've played and worked with a brilliant group of players and coaches, who have become some of my best mates.

"I never imagined I would get to 300 games. I was actually rejected three times as a teenager and I was planning to go to uni, before it all changed.

"We had some seasoned props who all got injured at the same time and I got my chance and took it.

"I'll always be a Sharks fan and with young props like Asher [Opoku-Fordjour] and Bevan [Rodd] coming through, I know I'm leaving the front row in good hands."

The announcement follows the news that forward Josh Beaumont will retire at the end of the season, while former captain Will Addison will also depart, along with Jonny Hill and Jean-Luc du Preez.