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Marland Yarde leaves Harlequins in shock mid-season exit
By Peteso Cannon
According to BT Sports reports, Marland Yarde has just left Harlequins, after a week in which he was dropped for disciplinary reasons.
"I’ve heard he’s signed for the Sale Sharks," said Ugo Monye.
"Just to be clear on this he will be playing for Sale Sharks next season. But I think he might be available for selection for Sale in the next couple of weeks.
"This could be one of the first times we’ve seen this in rugby, especially in recent years and a midway season transfer.
"Clearly things aren’t great at Harlequins for him at the moment. Hopefully he’ll find some of his form up at Sale."
Sale Sharks appear to have been the beneficiaries of unrest between Yarde and Quins, signing the Saint Lucia born winger, who has 13 English Caps to his name and 8 tries.
The 25-year-old failed to turn up for training last week prior to his teams fixture with Wasps and Director of Rugby John Kingston took action by omitting him from his selection.
Instead, Yarde featured for Quins' reserve side against Gloucester on Monday, winning 36-26.
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