Fair play to Michelle for doing this… came across very well. You can tell she’s day to day, gets in the mix and knows her club and how to run a rugby club inside out, and have a real deep reverence for the values of our game.

Owning a rugby club is basically a passion project and funding loss making years most of the time. Not ONE club makes a profit in the Prem. The one’s who manage their losses best are Saints, Tigers and Glaws - who can’t afford to not, but also own their physical assets like stadium, and have high home attendance all the time.

She’s very down to earth too considering her and Simon are worth well over a billion (and related to Jason Orange haha..).

And we completely rely on them. We’ve got (I believe) 3 billionaire backed clubs in the Prem (Sale, Bath, Bristol), with Exeter secure now with their new US merge, and Newcastle in safer hands with Red Bull - the league is poised to start making it pay more for clubs to be a part of because owners patience and risk profiles will begin to wane (Tony Rowe’s did).

I reckon Sale will have a bounce back in the coming season - Courts will instil some baseline standards in the pack and wider squad and the likes of Marchant will add some real quality to the backline - England have missed Marchant - he was basically Max Ojomoh while MO was still in short trousers.

Love how willing Michelle is to show a different side of the Prem/PWR. It's astonishing listening to what the owners put in and how little financially comes out sometimes, but they are investing in the game itself. Great interview.

A heartening interview, to see the passion, vision, commitment to a club from the owners. She talked about being a steward. Another word is patron. Many cultural institutions we treasure today in the UK are there because of the visionary generosity of former generations of very wealthy individuals who saw their wealth not as merely theirs but as a resource with which they could make the world a little better. For most of us that kind of generosity will be either much smaller financial support of very small clubs, or the generosity of our time volunteering. In every case it is something beautiful to be celebrated and encouraged.

Really enjoyed this and Michelle came across very well. I know they have the money to bankroll the club but losing £8m a season is not sustainable for most clubs (speaking as a Falcons/Red Bulls supporter). Growing the game is the biggest issue. Being on terrestrial TV every week rather than TNT would certainly be a start.

great listen - more like this please!

Great interview,  as a Sale fan, Michelle answered a lot of my frustrations. Need to get that new stadium to take back control and grow the club. ❤🦈

Wow, it's pretty cool to have this kind of access! Will definitely give it a listen

Loved the interview, be nice to see this as a series with owners/coaches, gives great insight as a fan. 🙂 Though always a fan of Sale and Michelle 💙

So interesting more of this please!

great chat, thank you 🙏

What a lovely lady.Best wishes to the Sale Sharks.🇿🇦

This is a great open video and all club owners need to do one.

Great interview, would love to see and hear more of these with other club owners and managers

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So sale have got centuries to become profitable because of their owners passion. Thats just brilliant.

Excellent interview Michelle,keep up the good work 😊

Very interesting listen.

She's impressive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 , very good insight

Michelle is doing great...should make her a regular
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Very refreshing this ❤