Steve Diamond names Sharks team to face Quins in LV final (From Messenger Newspapers)

Steve Diamond names Sharks team to face Harlequins in LV Cup final

12:04pm Friday 15th March 2013 in Sport

STEVE Diamond has named his team to take on Harlequins in Sunday’s LV Cup final at Sixways, Worcester.

Team: Nick Macleod, Tom Brady, Will Addison, Jonny Leota, Charlie Ingall, Danny Cipriani, Nathan Fowles, Alasdair Dickinson, Marc Jones, Tony Buckley, Fraser McKenzie, Tom Holmes, James Gaskell, David Seymour Captain, Andy Powell.

Replacements: Tommy Taylor, Ross Harrison, Henry Thomas, Andrei Ostrikov, Daniel Braid, Dwayne Peel, Sammy Tuitipou, Mark Cueto.

After losing 28-34 in the opening group game at London Irish, Sale have gone on to beat Saracens twice, Wasps at Adams Park and Scarlets at the Salford City Stadium to reach the final for the first time.

Sunday is the first time Sale Sharks have played in a major final since May 2006 when they beat Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership Final at Twickenham.

Sale have used 45 players in reaching the final with Tony Buckley, Danny Cipriani, Ross Harrison and Tommy Taylor featuring in every game so far.

Sale have scored 17 tries in the competition so far with Danny Cipriani top try scorer with 3. Danny has scored 64 points in all which is just two behind leader Ben Botica of Quins.

The team will be travelling down to Worcester early evening on Saturday and are due to arrive at Sixways around 1-40pm on Sunday.