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Sale Sharks Women have signed England fly-half Holly Aitchison from Premiership rivals Bristol Bears on a two-year deal.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 27-year-old spent two years at Bristol and was a member of the 2025 England squad that won the Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
“I’m super excited to be coming back up north. This is something I have always wanted to do in my career and I’m so glad now is the right time,” Southport-born Aitchison told Sharks’ club website., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “I’m looking forward to engaging with the community in Manchester and inspiring the next generation of Sharks and Red Roses.<\/p>\n “Ultimately, I want to help push northern rugby up to the top end of the game and that is the ambition in the coming years.”<\/p>\n Aitchison began her professional career at Saracens where she won the Premier 15s title in 2022.<\/p>\n In 2024, she was named at fly-half in the World Rugby XV and also in this year’s Premiership Women’s Rugby team of the season.<\/p>\n “I’ve known about this news for a while, but I’m still as excited about this announcement as the fans will be, seeing it for the first time today,” Sale head coach Tom Hudson added.<\/p>\n “It’s a huge moment for us as a club to bring in a player like Holly and it says so much about our ambition as a club. It’s massive for northern women’s rugby too, to be able to bring her back home.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n