Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears — Premiership Rugby
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Form
Sale Sharks
W
W
L
L
W
Bristol Bears
L
W
W
L
W
How it happened
- 7' Try Luke Cowan-Dickie 5–0
- 8' Conversion George Ford 7–0
- 13' Try Louis Rees-Zammit 7–5
- 16' Penalty George Ford 10–5
- 18' Sub Alex Lozowski on for Rekeiti Ma'asi-White
- 24' Try Louis Rees-Zammit 10–10
- 32' Penalty James Williams 10–13
- 39' Try Harry Randall 10–18
- 40' Conversion James Williams 10–20
- HT 10–20
- 43' Try Tom O'Flaherty 15–20
- 44' Conversion George Ford 17–20
- 52' Sub Nicky Smith on for Bevan Rodd
- 52' Sub Tom Francis on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- 52' Sub Elia Canakaivata on for Ben Bamber
- 53' Sub Steven Luatua on for Luka Ivanishvili
- 57' Try Harry Randall 17–25
- 57' Conversion James Williams 17–27
- 58' Sub Christ Tshiunza on for Ernst Van Rhyn
- 59' Sub Max Pepper on for AJ MacGinty
- 62' Sub Nathan Jibulu on for Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 62' Sub George Taylor on for Pedro Rubiolo
- 62' Sub Jake Woolmore on for Ellis Genge
- 67' Sub Jimmy Halliwell on for George Kloska
- 69' Try Tom O'Flaherty 22–27
- 70' Sub Sam Dugdale on for Jacques Vermeulen
- 70' Sub Kieran Marmion on for Harry Randall
- 70' Sub Tomas Gwilliam on for Gabriel Oghre
- 70' Conversion George Ford 24–27
- 73' Try Tomas Gwilliam 24–32
- 73' Conversion James Williams 24–34
- 76' Sub Benjamin Grondona on for Joe Owen
- FT 24–34
Match stats
Possession
52%
48%
Ball possession
185
117
Passes
Scoring
3
5
Tries
2
2
Try assists
3
3
Conversions
0
0
Penalty tries
Scoring other
107
84
Carries
10
3
Clean breaks
1
1
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
Other
7/7 (100%)
4/4 (100%)
Scrums
7/9 (78%)
14/15 (93%)
Lineouts
15
11
Turnovers
2
8
Turnovers won
503
236
Meters run
9
3
Offloads
141
146
Tackles
16
32
Tackles missed
Penalty
13
7
Penalties conceded
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
Line-ups
Sale Sharks
- Asher Opoku-Fordjour
- Ernst Van Rhyn
- Ben Bamber
- Courtney Lawes
- Jacques Vermeulen
- Xavier Roe
- George Ford
- Joe Marchant
- Tom O'Flaherty
- Joe Carpenter
- 1 Bevan Rodd
- 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 7 Tom Curry
- 11 Arron Reed
Replacements
- Nathan Jibulu
- Nicky Smith
- Sam Dugdale
- Gus Warr
- Alex Lozowski
- Elia Canakaivata
- 3 Tom Francis
- 5 Christ Tshiunza
Bristol Bears
- Tom Jordan
- 1 Ellis Genge
- 2 Gabriel Oghre
- 3 George Kloska
- 4 Pedro Rubiolo
- 5 Joe Batley
- 5 Joe Owen
- 7 Fitz Harding
- 8 Luka Ivanishvili
- 9 Harry Randall
- 10 AJ MacGinty
- 11 Gabriel Ibitoye
- 12 James Williams
- 13 Benhard van Rensburg
- 14 Louis Rees-Zammit
Replacements
- Jimmy Halliwell
- George Taylor
- 2 Tomas Gwilliam
- 3 Jake Woolmore
- 7 Steven Luatua
- 7 Benjamin Grondona
- 9 Kieran Marmion
- 9 Max Pepper
Head to head
Last 4 meetings in our data: Sale Sharks 3 – 1 Bristol Bears · avg 52 total points
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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 |
