Sale v Exeter (Fri)

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP
Venue: Edgeley Park Date: Friday 22 April Kick-off: 1500 BST
Coverage: Listen live on the BBC Sport website. Updates on Radio Devon.

Sale have Andrew Sheridan back for his first home game since New Year’s Day.

Dwayne Peel returns after two games out with a head injury to partner Charlie Hodgson in his last home game before joining Saracens in the summer.

Exeter Chiefs’ fly-half Ignacio Mieres makes his first Premiership start after being promoted from the bench.

Mieres will form a new half-back partnership with the returning Haydn Thomas as the Chiefs bid to end a run of four successive Premiership defeats.

Sale Sharks head coach Pete Anglesea told BBC Radio Manchester:

“They’ve had such a wonderful season. We’ve had a disappointing season but there are two games to play and the players want to give everything now before their well-earned rest.

“We want more than 32 points. We got that last year, and we want to get more than that to show improvement.

“It’s our last home game, Charlie Hodgson’s last home game, and that in itself will make it a special occasion.”

Exeter Chiefs assistant coach Ali Hepher told BBC Radio Devon:

“We’ve had a tough run of fixtures, three away fixtures plus Saracens, who could go on and win the Premiership, so they were always four tough fixtures and we came up short.

“We’re very confident at the minute the guys have had a good training week and they’re excited about this weekend.

“It’ll be important that we focus on the details that make up to a good performance and that’s what we’re focused on now.”