Steve Diamond's appointment is hoped to herald in a new era for Sale
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Shaun Edwards, in his column for the Guardian, looks at the revolution occurring in the north of England in a week which saw Stuart Lancaster take England to Leeds and Steve Diamond taking on the CEO role at Sale Sharks.
"It may be overstating the case to suggest that a great northern storm is blowing through the portals of English rugby, but there are certainly a few gusts of which to take note.
Eye-catching, of course, is Stuart Lancaster's decision to move England's base camp for the Six Nations to Leeds, a patch he knows best, rather than follow what had become the accepted way of doing things and booking his elite squad in for a few days in the gentler airs of a Portuguese winter.
Along with the disciplining of Danny Care, while telling some of England's more venerable internationals that they will not be required, the interim coach has set a different tone from the one which seems to have applied at the World Cup, but look over the other side of the Pennines and you'll see something equally important going on."
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