2 weeks ago
Newcastle: (7) 14
Tries: Pepper, Cardall Pens: XX Cons: Connon (2)
Sale: (14) 35
Tries: B. Curry, Carpenter, Cowan-Dickie, Roebuck, R Du Preez Pens: XX Cons: Ford (5)
Newcastle restored immoderate pridefulness after past week’s Bristol hammering but Sale still kept up their revived push for nan play-offs pinch a bonus-point win.
The Falcons gave arsenic bully arsenic they sewage for agelong spells successful a tough, injury-strewn forwards battle, and dragged themselves level successful nan 2nd half aft going down to tries from Ben Curry and Joe Carpenter.
Guy Pepper and Tim Cardall replied from adjacent range, but Sale responded pinch Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tom Roebuck and Rob Du Preez putting them retired of sight.
Newcastle person mislaid each 16 convention games truthful acold this season, while Sale’s 3rd consecutive triumph moved them to wrong 2 points of fourth-placed Bristol up of their last games, against Leicester and Saracens.
More to follow
Newcastle: Obatoyinbo, Radwan, Moroni, Jennings, Redshaw, Connon, Stuart, Brocklebank, Blamire, Bello, van der Walt, de Chaves, Cross, Pepper, Chick.
Replacements: Byrne, Dormer, Palframan, Cardall, Lockwood, Elliott, Spencer, Penny
Sale: Carpenter, Roebuck, R. du Preez, Tuilagi, Reed, Ford, Quirke, Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Harper, Wiese, Beaumont, B. Curry, Dugdale, JL du Preez
Replacements: Taylor, McIntyre, John, Bamber, Andrews, Warr, James, O'Flaherty
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
