 Cueto also missed England's first two autumn Tests through injury |
England wing Mark Cueto has become Sale's latest injury casualty after tearing an abductor muscle in Sunday's Heineken Cup loss to Stade Francais. Cueto has already begun rehabilitation work but the Sharks say he will miss "the next couple of games".
That rules him out of Sunday's return fixture with Stade Francais as well as a Premiership meeting with Bath.
Sale have already lost international trio Charlie Hodgson, Andrew Sheridan and Jason White for the whole season.
Samoan centre Elvis Seveali'i has also been ruled out for three months.
"Our bad luck continues and it further disrupts our squad," said Sharks director of rugby Philippe Saint-Andre.
"But our preparations have started for the weekend when we will be going all out to beat Stade Francais at home."
Defeat by the French side last weekend all but ended Sale's hopes of progressing beyond the group stage of the Heineken Cup.
They need to win all three of their remaining matches to have any hope of claiming one of the two best runners-up spots.
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