Dave calls time on Sale career
SHARKS COACH IN TRIBUTE TO SEYMOUR FOLLOWING RETIREMENT DECISION
SALE Sharks’ Dave Seymour has called time on his career – ending a nine-year spell with the club.
The 33-year-old open-side flanker joined the Sharks in 2009 from Saracens and went on to make almost 200 appearances for the club, establishing himself as one of the Premiership’s most consistent performers.
Seymour, who was appointed club captain in the summer of 2012 and has become a popular figure around the clun and with fans, is quitting the game to concentrate on his business.
In total, Seymour made 196 appearances for the Sharks, scoring 19 tries.
A former England Under-21 international, he also won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens tournament in Melbourne as part of England’s squad.
Now his focus and concentration will be trained on developing his coffee business, Couch Grind Coffee, which he established last year.
To mark Seymour’s superb service, he has been made an official Sale Sharks club ambassador.
Sale Sharks’ director of rugby Steve Diamond, who ironically handed David his big break in senior rugby when he was in charge at Saracens back in 2004, paid tribute to Seymour’s contribution to the club.
“David has been an absolutely magnificent servant for the club,” Diamond told the Sale Sharks website.
“Over the course of his nine years here, David has led by example, putting his body on the line week in, week out and he has been an absolute credit to the club.
“We are delighted that David will retain his close links with the club by becoming an official ambassador and everyone here at Sale Sharks wishes him all the best with his future career.”
Reflecting on his decision to call time on his Sharks career, Seymour said: “After nine seasons I have decided it is time to step away from the playing field at Sale Sharks.
“I consider myself unbelievably fortunate to have been able to do a job I love for the last 14 years.
“To have started, and ended, my career working for Steve Diamond must be some kind of sadistic record, the first five of those at Saracens before moving north in 2009!
“It has also been a real privilege to captain Sale Sharks on so many occasions throughout my career with the club. I have been lucky to play alongside some incredible players over the years, many of whom remain good friends.
“Whilst not going training every day seems both attractive and daunting in equal measures, the time seems right to step aside, and let someone else set the pace in the fitness tests.”