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Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears — Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · Round 18
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Sale scorers:
Tries Ford 2′, Bamber 5′, Reed 17′, Carpenter 24′, Ma'asi-White 44′, Reed 63′
Cons Ford 3′, Ford 6′, Ford 18′, Ford 45′
Bristol scorers:
Tries Heward 27′, Gwilliam 40′, Worsley 75′
Cons Worsley 27′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 15:15
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 16:15
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 00:15
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sun 02:15
Venue
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Form and season so far
Premiership Rugby table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bath Rugby, your team | −11 | 16 |
| 6 | Bristol Bears, your team | +9 | 15 |
| 7 | Harlequins, your team | −47 | 12 |
| 8 | Sale Sharks, your team | −24 | 10 |
| 9 | Exeter Chiefs, your team | −37 | 10 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time38–17
- 80′ Replacement Bristol: Kieran Hill On for Tomas Gwilliam
- 75′ Try Bristol: Sam Worsley Try 38–17
- 68′ Replacement Bristol: Sam Grahamslaw On for Jake Woolmore
- 68′ Replacement Bristol: Jimmy Halliwell On for James Dun
- 67′ Replacement Sale: Alfie Longstaff On for Nathan Jibulu
- 67′ Replacement Sale: Luke James On for Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- 65′ Replacement Bristol: Kenzie Jenkins On for Joe Owen
- 63′ Try Sale: Arron Reed Try 38–12
- 59′ Replacement Sale: Hyron Andrews On for Sam Dugdale
- 59′ Replacement Sale: Gus Warr On for Raffi Quirke
- 59′ Replacement Sale: Patreece Bell On for James Harper
- 59′ Replacement Sale: Ralph McEachran On for Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 55′ Replacement Bristol: Joe Batley On for Kenzie Jenkins
- 53′ Replacement Bristol: Leroy Chawatama On for Max Lahiff
- 53′ Replacement Bristol: Ollie Harris On for Richard Lane
- 48′ Replacement Sale: Reuben Logan On for Tom Curry
- 48′ Replacement Bristol: Kenzie Jenkins On for Joe Batley
- 45′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 33–12
- 45′ Replacement Bristol: Sam Wolstenholme On for Joe Jenkins
- 44′ Try Sale: Rekeiti Ma'asi-White Try 31–12
- Half-time26–12
- 40′ Try Bristol: Tomas Gwilliam Try 26–12
- 29′ Replacement Bristol: Max Pepper On for Noah Heward
- 28′ Replacement Sale: Alex Wills On for Joe Carpenter
- 27′ Conversion Bristol: Sam Worsley Conversion 26–7
- 27′ Try Bristol: Noah Heward Try 26–5
- 24′ Try Sale: Joe Carpenter Try 26–0
- 18′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 21–0
- 17′ Try Sale: Arron Reed Try 19–0
- 6′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 14–0
- 5′ Try Sale: Ben Bamber Try 12–0
- 3′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 7–0
- 2′ Try Sale: George Ford Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Sale
Coach: Alex Sanderson- 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour Prop
- 2 Nathan Jibulu Hooker
- 3 James Harper Prop
- 4 Ernst Van Rhyn (captain) Lock
- 5 Ben Bamber Lock
- 6 Sam Dugdale Flanker
- 7 Seb Kelly Flanker
- 8 Tom Curry No. 8
- 9 Raffi Quirke Scrum-half
- 10 George Ford Fly-half
- 11 Arron Reed Wing
- 12 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White Centre
- 13 Tom Roebuck Centre
- 14 Tom O'Flaherty Wing
- 15 Joe Carpenter Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Alfie Longstaff on at 67′
- 17 Ralph McEachran on at 59′
- 18 Patreece Bell on at 59′
- 19 Hyron Andrews on at 59′
- 20 Reuben Logan on at 48′
- 21 Gus Warr on at 59′
- 22 Luke James on at 67′
- 23 Alex Wills on at 28′
Bristol
Coach: Pat Lam- 1 Jake Woolmore Prop
- 2 Tomas Gwilliam Hooker
- 3 Max Lahiff Prop
- 4 James Dun Lock
- 5 George Taylor Lock
- 6 Joe Owen Flanker
- 7 Harry Thacker Flanker
- 8 Joe Batley No. 8
- 9 Harry Randall (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Sam Worsley Fly-half
- 11 Aidan Boshoff Wing
- 12 Joe Jenkins Centre
- 13 Jack Bates Centre
- 14 Noah Heward Wing
- 15 Richard Lane Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Kieran Hill on at 80′
- 17 Sam Grahamslaw on at 68′
- 18 Leroy Chawatama on at 53′
- 19 Jimmy Halliwell on at 68′
- 20 Kenzie Jenkins on at 65′
- 21 Sam Wolstenholme on at 45′
- 22 Max Pepper on at 29′
- 23 Ollie Harris on at 53′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Sale 41%, Bristol 59%
Carries: Sale 110, Bristol 115
Metres made: Sale 626, Bristol 468
Line breaks: Sale 10, Bristol 6
Tackles made: Sale 205, Bristol 111
Tackles missed: Sale 25, Bristol 29
Turnovers won: Sale 9, Bristol 6
Lineouts won: Sale 11/14, Bristol 12/12
Scrums won: Sale 4/4, Bristol 11/11
Penalties conceded: Sale 5, Bristol 6
Yellow cards: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Red cards: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Passes: Sale 169, Bristol 218
Tries: Sale 6, Bristol 3
Try assists: Sale 5, Bristol 2
Conversions: Sale 4, Bristol 1
Penalty goals: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Drop goals: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Turnovers: Sale 27, Bristol 20
Offloads: Sale 10, Bristol 7
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Sale wins
- 2
- Draws
- 0
- Bristol wins
- 2
Last 4 meetings in our data, all competitions.
