Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond has said that the club will have no problem 'controlling' Danny Cipriani.

Cipriani, 24, signed for the Sharks yesterday after spending two years in Australia with the Melbourne Rebels.

The utility back's career has been dogged by off-the-field incidents and a string of high-profile girlfriends.

Diamond insists, however, that the signing will be good for the club.

"There are two ways of looking at it," Diamond said. "From a chief executive's point of view if you walk into any city centre bar and ask a gaggle of girls, they will all know who Danny Ciprinai is. So that's bum on seats.

"From a rugby point of view, people talk about Danny being uncontrollable, but that's nonsense. He's a young lad who has gone out on some nights out. He's not a drinker, he's a young, good-looking lad.

"He's in that celebrity world and that's what modern sport is all about. And if that needs managing then I don't mind being his partner."

Cipriani has been capped seven times by England.