Sale Sharks v Harlequin FC — Premiership Rugby
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Form
Sale Sharks
W
W
L
L
W
Harlequin FC
L
L
L
W
W
How it happened
- 3' Try Sam Riley 0–5
- 8' Try Marcus Smith 0–10
- 11' Try Elia Canakaivata 5–10
- 12' Conversion George Ford 7–10
- 19' Try Marcus Smith 7–15
- 19' Conversion Marcus Smith 7–17
- 38' Try Gus Warr 12–17
- 39' Conversion George Ford 14–17
- HT 14–17
- 46' Sub Luke Cowan-Dickie on for Nathan Jibulu
- 46' Sub Tom Francis on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 46' Sub Marius Louw on for Alex Lozowski
- 48' Sub Lucas Schmid on for Seb Driscoll
- 52' Sub Ben Curry on for Elia Canakaivata
- 53' Try Sam Riley 14–22
- 54' Conversion Marcus Smith 14–24
- 56' Sub Harry Johnson-Holmes on for Will Hobson
- 56' Sub Jack Walker on for Sam Riley
- 57' Sub Ollie Streeter on for Simon Kerrod
- 57' Sub Ponepati Loganimasi on for Arron Reed
- 57' Sub Guido Petti on for James Dun
- 63' Try Ben Bamber 19–24
- 64' Sub Lucas Friday on for William Porter
- 64' Sub Sam Riley on for Jack Walker
- 64' Sub Sam Dugdale on for Christ Tshiunza
- 64' Sub Simon McIntyre on for Nicky Smith
- 64' Sub Oscar Beard on for Luke Northmore
- 64' Conversion George Ford 21–24
- 65' Sub Dom Hanson on for Tom O'Flaherty
- 73' Yellow card Sam Riley
- 73' Try 26–24
- 77' Sub Rodrigo Isgró on for Chandler Cunningham-South
- 77' Sub Will Hobson on for Bryn Bradley
- FT 28–24
Match stats
Possession
51%
49%
Ball possession
164
176
Passes
Scoring
4
4
Tries
2
3
Try assists
3
2
Conversions
Scoring other
90
89
Carries
6
5
Clean breaks
0
0
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
4/5 (80%)
6/7 (86%)
Scrums
11/12 (92%)
14/18 (78%)
Lineouts
12
7
Turnovers
4
7
Turnovers won
438
397
Meters run
6
3
Offloads
147
148
Tackles
22
24
Tackles missed
Penalty
13
8
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
0
1
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Sale Sharks
- Nicky Smith
- Nathan Jibulu
- Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- Ernst Van Rhyn
- Ben Bamber
- Courtney Lawes
- Elia Canakaivata
- Gus Warr
- George Ford
- Alex Lozowski
- Joe Marchant
- Tom O'Flaherty
- Joe Carpenter
- 5 Christ Tshiunza
- 11 Arron Reed
Replacements
- Simon McIntyre
- Sam Dugdale
- Ben Curry
- Dom Hanson
- Marius Louw
- Ponepati Loganimasi
- 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 3 Tom Francis
Harlequin FC
- Will Hobson
- Sam Riley
- Simon Kerrod
- Kieran Treadwell
- Jack Kenningham
- Seb Driscoll
- Chandler Cunningham-South
- Luke Northmore
- Tyrone Green
- 7 James Dun
- 9 William Porter
- 10 Marcus Smith
- 11 Cadan Murley
- 12 Bryn Bradley
- 15 George Furbank
Replacements
- Jack Walker
- Ollie Streeter
- Guido Petti
- Lucas Schmid
- Lucas Friday
- Oscar Beard
- Rodrigo Isgró
Head to head
Last 3 meetings in our data: Sale Sharks 3 – 0 Harlequin FC · avg 63 total points
25 Apr 2026 · Premiership Rugby
4 Apr 2026 · Champions Cup
26 Dec 2025 · Premiership Rugby
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 |
