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Stockport Brass for Sale

Stockport are up for grabs — in a rugby playing sense that is...

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Stockport Brass have recently been playing to their largest Stockport audience yet playing at a recent Sale Sharks rugby match.

The band had an invite from the Guiness Premiership team to play at their match against French team Brive at their Edgeley Park ground as a musical warm up to their quarter final of the European Challenge Cup, which was televised live on Sky Sports and Eurosport.

rugby anthems

The band featured on the pitch before the game and during the interval, playing a mixture of traditional brass music, rugby anthems and light entertainment, as well as playing snippets of tunes during the match.

Spirit

The crowd got into the spirit, joining in with rousing singing whenever they knew the words, and even ‘Sharky’ the team mascot joined in by trying to oust the conductor!

The management had seen a band playing at away matches in France, and they were keen to try this at Sale Sharks to improve the atmosphere in the ground and boost the morale of the crowd, and it certainly seemed to work as Sale Sharks stormed to a 49-24 win.

The crowd got into the spirit, joining in with rousing singing whenever they knew the words, and even ‘Sharky’ the team mascot joined in by trying to oust the conductor!4BR

Extra Shark bite

The band were delighted at the warm reception they received from the 6,000 people in the crowd and were overwhelmed by the numerous positive emails and messages on the websites of the Sale Sharks supporters after the match.

The response to the event was so good that the band have already been booked for Sale’s next home match against Newcastle on Sunday 20th April.

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