"I'd say we're pretty spiritual people," says Alex Sanderson.

Alex Sanderson is contemplating his spirituality out loud. It is not a typical activity for a rugby director, especially not in front of a journalist. Things start to get poetic.

The Sale manager exclaims with excitement, "The skin is not the outside of you when you're speaking. "With your facial expressions and the tonality of your speech, people assume you have stopped. Not you. Your conversation is more complex than that. Even if you don't talk to the person next to you, you can still influence them. And that, in a wacky nutshell, sums up Sanderson's guiding principles at the Sharks. He has made it his goal to comprehend the subtle relationships and techniques that can influence player attitude, motivation, and morale.
 
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