Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears — Premiership Rugby
Form
Sale Sharks
W
W
L
L
W
Bristol Bears
L
W
W
L
W
How it happened
- 2' Try George Ford 5–0
- 3' Conversion George Ford 7–0
- 5' Try Ben Bamber 12–0
- 6' Conversion George Ford 14–0
- 17' Try Arron Reed 19–0
- 18' Conversion George Ford 21–0
- 24' Try Joe Carpenter 26–0
- 27' Try Noah Heward 26–5
- 27' Conversion Sam Worsley 26–7
- 28' Sub Alex Wills on for Joe Carpenter
- 29' Sub Max Pepper on for Noah Heward
- 40' Try Tomas Gwilliam 26–12
- HT 26–12
- 44' Try Rekeiti Ma'asi-White 31–12
- 45' Sub Sam Wolstenholme on for Joe Jenkins
- 45' Conversion George Ford 33–12
- 48' Sub Kenzie Jenkins on for Joe Batley
- 48' Sub Reuben Logan on for Tom Curry
- 53' Sub Ollie Harris on for Richard Lane
- 53' Sub Leroy Chawatama on for Max Lahiff
- 55' Sub Joe Batley on for Kenzie Jenkins
- 59' Sub Ralph McEachran on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 59' Sub Patreece Bell on for James Harper
- 59' Sub Gus Warr on for Raffi Quirke
- 59' Sub Hyron Andrews on for Sam Dugdale
- 63' Try Arron Reed 38–12
- 65' Sub Kenzie Jenkins on for Joe Owen
- 67' Sub Luke James on for Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- 67' Sub Alfie Longstaff on for Nathan Jibulu
- 68' Sub Jimmy Halliwell on for James Dun
- 68' Sub Sam Grahamslaw on for Jake Woolmore
- 75' Try Sam Worsley 38–17
- 80' Sub Kieran Hill on for Tomas Gwilliam
- FT 38–17
Match stats
Possession
41%
59%
Ball possession
169
218
Passes
Scoring
6
3
Tries
5
2
Try assists
4
1
Conversions
Scoring other
110
115
Carries
10
6
Clean breaks
0
0
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
4/4 (100%)
11/11 (100%)
Scrums
11/14 (79%)
12/12 (100%)
Lineouts
27
20
Turnovers
9
6
Turnovers won
626
468
Meters run
10
7
Offloads
205
111
Tackles
25
29
Tackles missed
Penalty
5
6
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Sale Sharks
- Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- Nathan Jibulu
- James Harper
- Ernst Van Rhyn
- Ben Bamber
- Sam Dugdale
- Seb Kelly
- George Ford
- Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- Tom O'Flaherty
- Joe Carpenter
- 7 Tom Curry
- 9 Raffi Quirke
- 11 Arron Reed
- 14 Tom Roebuck
Replacements
- Alfie Longstaff
- Ralph McEachran
- Patreece Bell
- Hyron Andrews
- Reuben Logan
- Gus Warr
- Luke James
- 22 Alex Wills
Bristol Bears
- George Taylor
- 1 Max Lahiff
- 2 Tomas Gwilliam
- 2 Harry Thacker
- 3 Jake Woolmore
- 5 Joe Owen
- 5 Joe Batley
- 7 James Dun
- 9 Harry Randall
- 10 Sam Worsley
- 11 Aidan Boshoff
- 12 Jack Bates
- 13 Joe Jenkins
- 14 Noah Heward
- 15 Richard Lane
Replacements
- Kieran Hill
- Jimmy Halliwell
- Ollie Harris
- 3 Sam Grahamslaw
- 3 Leroy Chawatama
- 4 Kenzie Jenkins
- 9 Sam Wolstenholme
- 9 Max Pepper
Head to head
Last 4 meetings in our data: Sale Sharks 2 – 2 Bristol Bears · avg 53 total points
26 Sep 2026 · Premiership Rugby
28 Feb 2026 · Premiership Rugby Cup
2 Jan 2026 · Premiership Rugby
13 Sep 2025 · Premiership Rugby Cup
Premiership Rugby
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gloucester Rugby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 62 | +62 | 12 |
| 2 |  Northampton Saints | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 11 |
| 3 |  Saracens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 66 | +21 | 11 |
| 4 |  Leicester Tigers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 90 | +10 | 11 |
| 5 |  Bath Rugby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 122 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 |  Bristol Bears | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 80 | +2 | 10 |
| 7 |  Sale Sharks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 75 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 |  Exeter Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 113 | -21 | 8 |
| 9 |  Newcastle Red Bulls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 117 | -44 | 4 |
| 10 |  Harlequin FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 109 | -68 | 2 |
