Northampton expect George North to be cleared by specialists to return to action in Fridays Aviva Premiership clash with Sale Sharks.Wales wing North has been stood down since appearing to lie motionless following a dangerous tackle from Adam Thompstone in Saints 19-11 defeat to Leicester on Dec. 3.A Concussion Management Review Group (CMRG), drawn up to investigate the handling of Norths potential head injury, is now expected to reveal its findings Wednesday.Northampton rugby director Jim Mallinder remains confident, however, that North will be free to face Sale at Franklins Gardens on Friday.Hes back in training and he should be available to play against Sale, said Mallinder.As I said hes been training [on Tuesday], hes had a bit of time off and hes feeling really good about himself, hes looking really sharp out there and hes looking forward to playing.George is actually going back to the specialists, just to check again that everythings okay. Im not making decisions on whether he plays or not, thats out of my hands.Thats down to the trained professionals to make the right judgements. And surely theres no better people to make those correct decisions.North was allowed to return to action after his heavy fall against Leicester, with Northampton since admitting the 24-year-old could have suffered a head injury despite him passing pitch-side checks.The concussion management panel that should release its findings on Wednesday has comprised of the RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville, Premiership Rugbys rugby director Phil Winstanley and independent chairman Dr Julian Morris.The first-ever such panel that was convened on Dec. 5 will have now taken 16 days to finalise its conclusions should those be released Wednesday.North had a six-month spell out of the game in 2015 after a clutch of high-profile head injuries. Now though, Mallinder believes the British and Irish Lions star is back in rude health.Its something that happened a few weeks ago, and thankfully George is fine, said Mallinder. Physically hes been fine since the incident.So were just waiting to hear from the report, and then well make our comment after that. I dont want to comment on the investigation any more, I spoke at length last week.Whats important now is that it comes out and we can comment on it then. Weve said it right from the beginning: player welfare is the most important thing.If theres any doubts the medics will come and talk to me and we will stand players down. So player welfare is number one.Northampton will head into Fridays league clash with Sale fresh from the humiliating 60-13 European Champions Cup defeat to Leinster in Dublin.The Saints rotated their resources for the Aviva Stadium rout, leading to criticism of that selection.Tournament organisers European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) could yet launch an investigation to determine whether Saints fielded a strong enough XV.EPCR reviews all selections as a matter of course, and is yet to determine whether to launch any investigation into Northampton.We stick by our decision, in that weve got a squad we register at the beginning of the season that we think are good enough to play in Europe, said Mallinder.And we played that squad. We did register one extra player, young James Fish who came in for Dylan Hartley, for obvious reasons.So thats what we decided to do, and hopefully the experience and freshness gained from them playing last week, hopefully that will benefit us down the line. 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They havent been to the playoffs since 2008, and only one current player -- long snapper John Denney -- was then on the team.I dont know how many guys we have who have actually been through this, players who have had experience where December gets a little interesting, Gase said. Its minimal.Gase, 38, is in his first year as an NFL head coach. But he was the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos when they reached the 2014 Super Bowl.Many Dolphins players, including fifth-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill, have never even been on a team that finished over .500. Theyre looking to remedy that in the next month.We just have to stick to what were doing, Tannehill said. Nothing changes around here.One more victory would give the Dolphins their longest winning streak since 1985, but theyre not exacctly dominating the league.dddddddddddd.The past five victories have all come by a touchdown or less. 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