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NEW BOY Mathew Tait
Beware the Kingston curse
3/ 9/2008
SHARKS summer signing Mathew Tait will return to his old club on Sunday, with the aim of lifting the Kingston Park curse.
Sharks have yet to win at Newcastle, the only Premiership ground that they have failed to conquer.
This year could be the best chance yet for the Stockport-based side to beat Falcons, who finished 11th in the league last season and are without two of their most potent backs - Tait and Toby Flood, who has joined Leicester.
After three friendly victories at Edgeley Park, including a 39-14 win over Lyon, Philippe Saint-Andre was left pondering the best options to ensure Sale get off to the best possible start.
He said: "It has given me a lot to think about before the Newcastle match. We will also have the benefit of a lot of other guys who will be fit and available for selection such as Jason White, Chris Bell, Andrew Sheridan and Kristian Ormsby.
"So there will be a lot of competition but that is what you need and, as a coach, that is what you want."
Sharks met Newcastle in the opening game last year but yet again they returned from the north east dejected, following a 33-12 defeat.
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