Overview

• Gloucester led 10-5 at the break after Ross Byrne’s penalty and Jack Clement’s try overturned Tom Roebuck’s opener.
• Debutant hooker Nathan Jibulu scored from a 56th-minute maul soon after Jack Clement was sin-binned, leveling the match before George Ford’s conversion and penalty pushed Sale ahead.
• Ford later sent Joe Carpenter over for a late try and added the extras, with Hyron Andrews finishing the bonus-point score in the final minute.
• Two Sale tries were ruled out by the TMO earlier in the match, with Bevan Rodd penalized for obstruction and Gus Warr denied for a forward pass.
• New club captain Ernst van Rhyn led Sale for the first time as the hosts secured the season’s first four-try bonus point.