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Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears — Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · Round 1
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Sale
8th in Premiership
· UTC
24
34
Full-time
1st half 10–202nd half 14–14
Bristol
6th in Premiership
Sale scorers:
Tries Cowan-Dickie 7′, O'Flaherty 43′, O'Flaherty 69′
Cons Ford 8′, Ford 44′, Ford 70′
Pens Ford 16′
Bristol scorers:
Tries Rees-Zammit 13′, Rees-Zammit 24′, Randall 39′, Randall 57′, Gwilliam 73′
Cons Williams 40′, Williams 57′, Williams 73′
Pens Williams 32′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 17:30
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 18:30
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sun 02:30
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Sun 05:30
Venue
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Form and season so far
Season figures: Premiership Rugby table.
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-time24–34
- 76′ Replacement Bristol: Benjamin Grondona On for Joe Owen
- 73′ Conversion Bristol: James Williams Conversion 24–34
- 73′ Try Bristol: Tomas Gwilliam Try 24–32
- 70′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 24–27
- 70′ Replacement Bristol: Tomas Gwilliam On for Gabriel Oghre
- 70′ Replacement Bristol: Kieran Marmion On for Harry Randall
- 70′ Replacement Sale: Sam Dugdale On for Jacques Vermeulen
- 69′ Try Sale: Tom O'Flaherty Try 22–27
- 67′ Replacement Bristol: Jimmy Halliwell On for George Kloska
- 62′ Replacement Bristol: Jake Woolmore On for Ellis Genge
- 62′ Replacement Bristol: George Taylor On for Pedro Rubiolo
- 62′ Replacement Sale: Nathan Jibulu On for Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 59′ Replacement Bristol: Max Pepper On for AJ MacGinty
- 58′ Replacement Sale: Christ Tshiunza On for Ernst Van Rhyn
- 57′ Conversion Bristol: James Williams Conversion 17–27
- 57′ Try Bristol: Harry Randall Try 17–25
- 53′ Replacement Bristol: Steven Luatua On for Luka Ivanishvili
- 52′ Replacement Sale: Elia Canakaivata On for Ben Bamber
- 52′ Replacement Sale: Tom Francis On for Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 52′ Replacement Sale: Nicky Smith On for Bevan Rodd
- 44′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 17–20
- 43′ Try Sale: Tom O'Flaherty Try 15–20
- Half-time10–20
- 40′ Conversion Bristol: James Williams Conversion 10–20
- 39′ Try Bristol: Harry Randall Try 10–18
- 32′ Penalty goal Bristol: James Williams Penalty goal 10–13
- 24′ Try Bristol: Louis Rees-Zammit Try 10–10
- 18′ Replacement Sale: Alex Lozowski On for Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- 16′ Penalty goal Sale: George Ford Penalty goal 10–5
- 13′ Try Bristol: Louis Rees-Zammit Try 7–5
- 8′ Conversion Sale: George Ford Conversion 7–0
- 7′ Try Sale: Luke Cowan-Dickie Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Sale
Coach: Alex Sanderson- 1 Bevan Rodd
- 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 4 Ernst Van Rhyn (captain)
- 5 Ben Bamber
- 6 Courtney Lawes
- 7 Tom Curry
- 8 Jacques Vermeulen
- 9 Xavier Roe
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Arron Reed
- 13 Joe Marchant
- 14 Tom O'Flaherty
- 15 Joe Carpenter
Replacements
- 16 Nathan Jibulu on at 62′
- 17 Nicky Smith on at 52′
- 18 Tom Francis on at 52′
- 19 Christ Tshiunza on at 58′
- 20 Sam Dugdale on at 70′
- 21 Gus Warr not used
- 22 Alex Lozowski on at 18′
- 23 Elia Canakaivata on at 52′
Bristol
Coach: Pat Lam- 1 Ellis Genge Prop
- 2 Gabriel Oghre Hooker
- 3 George Kloska Prop
- 4 Pedro Rubiolo Lock
- 5 Joe Batley Lock
- 6 Joe Owen Flanker
- 7 Luka Ivanishvili Flanker
- 8 Fitz Harding (captain) No. 8
- 9 Harry Randall Scrum-half
- 10 AJ MacGinty Fly-half
- 11 Gabriel Ibitoye Wing
- 12 James Williams Centre
- 13 Benhard van Rensburg Centre
- 14 Louis Rees-Zammit Wing
- 15 Tom Jordan Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Tomas Gwilliam on at 70′
- 17 Jake Woolmore on at 62′
- 18 Jimmy Halliwell on at 67′
- 19 George Taylor on at 62′
- 20 Steven Luatua on at 53′
- 21 Kieran Marmion on at 70′
- 22 Max Pepper on at 59′
- 23 Benjamin Grondona on at 76′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Sale 52%, Bristol 48%
Carries: Sale 107, Bristol 84
Metres made: Sale 503, Bristol 236
Line breaks: Sale 10, Bristol 3
Tackles made: Sale 141, Bristol 146
Tackles missed: Sale 16, Bristol 32
Turnovers won: Sale 2, Bristol 8
Lineouts won: Sale 7/9, Bristol 14/15
Scrums won: Sale 7/7, Bristol 4/4
Penalties conceded: Sale 13, Bristol 7
Yellow cards: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Red cards: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Passes: Sale 185, Bristol 117
Tries: Sale 3, Bristol 5
Try assists: Sale 2, Bristol 2
Conversions: Sale 3, Bristol 3
Penalty tries: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Penalty goals: Sale 1, Bristol 1
Drop goals: Sale 0, Bristol 0
Turnovers: Sale 15, Bristol 11
Offloads: Sale 9, Bristol 3
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Sale wins
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- Bristol wins
- 1
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