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Newcastle Red Bulls v Sale Sharks — Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · Round 4
Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle
10th in Premiership
· UTC
17
3
Full-time
1st half 0–32nd half 17–0
Sale
8th in Premiership
Newcastle scorers:
Tries Wade 49′, McGuigan 62′
Cons Hodge 50′, Hodge 63′
Pens Hodge 60′
Sale scorers:
Pens Ford 25′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Fri 19:45
- South Africa (SAST)
- Fri 20:45
- Sydney (AEDT)
- Sat 05:45
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Sat 07:45
Venue
Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Form and season so far
Newcastle
10th · 9 pts
LLLWL- Pts / game
- 24.2
- PD
- −38
- Won
- 1 of 5
Season figures: Premiership Rugby table.
Premiership Rugby table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 | NewCastle RedBulls, your team | −38 | 9 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time17–3
- 74′ Replacement Sale: Alex Lozowski On for Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- 73′ Replacement Newcastle: Zack Henry On for Brett Connon
- 73′ Replacement Newcastle: Zuriel Togiatama On for George McGuigan
- 70′ Replacement Sale: Elia Canakaivata On for Tom Curry
- 69′ Replacement Newcastle: James Elliott On for Simon Benitez Cruz
- 67′ Replacement Newcastle: Ollie Leatherbarrow On for Max Hicks
- 65′ Replacement Sale: Arron Reed On for Tom O'Flaherty
- 64′ Replacement Sale: Simon McIntyre On for Nicky Smith
- 63′ Conversion Newcastle: Josh Hodge Conversion 17–3
- 62′ Try Newcastle: George McGuigan Try 15–3
- 60′ Penalty goal Newcastle: Josh Hodge Penalty goal 10–3
- 60′ Replacement Sale: Sam Dugdale On for Ben Curry
- 57′ Replacement Sale: Nathan Jibulu On for Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 55′ Replacement Newcastle: Finn Baker On for Rus Tuima
- 53′ Replacement Sale: Asher Opoku-Fordjour On for Tom Francis
- 50′ Conversion Newcastle: Josh Hodge Conversion 7–3
- 49′ Try Newcastle: Christian Wade Try 5–3
- 45′ Replacement Newcastle: Francisco Moreno On for Elliot Millar-Mills
- 45′ Replacement Newcastle: Tom West On for Pouri Rakete-Stones
- Half-time0–3
- 25′ Penalty goal Sale: George Ford Penalty goal 0–3
- 10′ Replacement Newcastle: Sam Graham On for Hoskins Sotutu
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Newcastle
- 1 Pouri Rakete-Stones Prop
- 2 George McGuigan Hooker
- 3 Elliot Millar-Mills Prop
- 4 Oscar Usher Lock
- 5 Rus Tuima Lock
- 6 Max Hicks Flanker
- 7 Tom Christie (captain) Flanker
- 8 Hoskins Sotutu No. 8
- 9 Simon Benitez Cruz Scrum-half
- 10 Brett Connon Fly-half
- 11 Werner Kok Wing
- 12 Will Rigg Centre
- 13 Chris Harris Centre
- 14 Christian Wade Wing
- 15 Josh Hodge Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Zuriel Togiatama on at 73′
- 17 Tom West on at 45′
- 18 Francisco Moreno on at 45′
- 19 Finn Baker on at 55′
- 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow on at 67′
- 21 Sam Graham on at 10′
- 22 James Elliott on at 69′
- 23 Zack Henry on at 73′
Sale
Coach: Alex Sanderson- 1 Nicky Smith Prop
- 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie Hooker
- 3 Tom Francis Prop
- 4 Ernst Van Rhyn (captain) Lock
- 5 Ben Bamber Lock
- 6 Christ Tshiunza Flanker
- 7 Ben Curry Flanker
- 8 Tom Curry No. 8
- 9 Dom Hanson Scrum-half
- 10 George Ford Fly-half
- 11 Tom O'Flaherty Wing
- 12 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White Centre
- 13 Joe Marchant Centre
- 14 Tom Roebuck Wing
- 15 Joe Carpenter Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Nathan Jibulu on at 57′
- 17 Simon McIntyre on at 64′
- 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour on at 53′
- 19 Elia Canakaivata on at 70′
- 20 Sam Dugdale on at 60′
- 21 Alex Lozowski on at 74′
- 22 Marius Louw not used
- 23 Arron Reed on at 65′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Newcastle 53%, Sale 47%
Carries: Newcastle 80, Sale 59
Metres made: Newcastle 255, Sale 190
Line breaks: Newcastle 4, Sale 1
Tackles made: Newcastle 112, Sale 148
Tackles missed: Newcastle 10, Sale 13
Turnovers won: Newcastle 5, Sale 2
Lineouts won: Newcastle 13/14, Sale 13/18
Scrums won: Newcastle 9/9, Sale 5/6
Penalties conceded: Newcastle 10, Sale 11
Yellow cards: Newcastle 0, Sale 0
Red cards: Newcastle 0, Sale 0
Passes: Newcastle 89, Sale 87
Tries: Newcastle 2, Sale 0
Try assists: Newcastle 1, Sale 0
Conversions: Newcastle 2, Sale 0
Penalty goals: Newcastle 1, Sale 1
Drop goals: Newcastle 0, Sale 0
Turnovers: Newcastle 5, Sale 14
Offloads: Newcastle 5, Sale 6
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Newcastle wins
- 1
- Draws
- 0
- Sale wins
- 1
Last 2 meetings in our data, all competitions.
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