| Sale Sharks:(5) 11 |
| Try: Hill; Pens: Ford 2 |
| Bath:(9) 9 |
| Pens: Russell 3 |
George Ford kicked a late penalty to preserve Sale Sharks’ 12-month winning Premiership run at home as the leaders overcame fellow higher-flyers Bath.
Three Finn Russell penalties put Bath 9-5 up at the break, with Jonny Hill grabbing a try in response for Sale.
Two Ford penalties in a tense second half sealed the hard-fought come-from-behind triumph at the Salford Community Stadium.
Victory moves Sale five points clear of Bath, who remain second in the table.
More to follow.
Sale Sharks: Carpenter; Roebuck, R du Preez, Bedlow, Reed; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Schonert; Wiese, Hill, Van Rhyn, Curry (capt), D du Preez.
Replacements: Creevy, McIntyre, Harper, Beaumont, Bamber, Thomas, James, O’Flaherty.
Bath: De Glanville; McConnochie, Ojomoh, Butt, Gallagher; Russell, Schreuder; Du Toit, Annett, young; McNally, Van Velze, Richards, Cloete, Coetzee.
Replacements: Dunn, Schoeman, Griffin, Lee-Warner, Merigan, Spencer, Bailey, Redpath.
Referee: Karl Dickson.
