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Tom Roebuck has committed his future to Sale Sharks after signing a new two-year contract with his boyhood club.
The new contract will keep England wing at Sale at least until the end of the 2028/29 season, extending the association that began in the club’s academy.
Roebuck has made 114 appearances and scored 54 tries since making his senior debut in the PREM Rugby Cup defeat to Worcester in 2018, having previously played his junior rugby at Chester Rugby Club.
The 25-year-old has endured a more turbulent year internationally. Roebuck was one of the victims of England’s disenchantment Six Nations campaign and was later omitted from Steve Borthwick’s original Nations Championship squad. He was given another chance when George Furbank underwent an appendectomy, adding to the squad but not featuring.
The winger said playing for England is a “big part” of his career plans and believes Sale is the “best place” to help him revive his international career.
His focus will now return to Sale, where he was unable to compete in the first three rounds of the Gallagher PREM due to a calf strain. He played and scored a goal against Bath in the PREM Rugby Cup earlier this season.
“For me, Sale Sharks is home,” Roebuck said. “It’s the club I supported as a kid, it’s where I grew up and it’s all I know. I love it here and I couldn’t see myself playing anywhere else.
“I also get to play with a group of friends that I grew up with and that’s incredibly special.
“The coaches and I are aligned on how we want my career to go, and a big part of that is playing for England. I feel I’m in the best place, with the best people around me, to keep moving forward.”
“We have such a good team here and we’ve been so close in the last few years, reaching the semi-finals and the final. Now I want to do my best and be part of a Sala team that goes one better and takes the next step.”
Director of Rugby Sales Alex Sanderson added: “Tom is one of our own and has developed into one of the best wing players in PREM. We are so happy he is staying with us as he is a big part of how we want to play in the future.
“He’s got an X-factor that very few other players have, but the most exciting part is that he’s getting better and better and I know the best is yet to come. I’m buzzing that his best years will be at the Sharks.”