Overview
- Bristol clinched the win at Ashton Gate when Kalaveti Ravouvou scored eight minutes from time.
- Joe Owen and Matías Moroni also crossed for the hosts, while Tom O’Flaherty and Ernst van Rhyn scored for Sale, with George Ford adding two conversions and a penalty.
- Sale lost wing Alex Wills to an early failed head‑injury assessment, and Bristol full‑back Louis Rees‑Zammit later left for an HIA and did not return.
- Rekeiti Ma’asi‑White received a yellow card as a bruising, defense-led contest kept attacks in check for long stretches.
- Referee Joe James officiated with assistants Craig Maxwell‑Keys and Greg Macdonald and TMO David Rose, as Bristol’s victory took them to the summit at the season’s halfway point.