Overview

• Sale turned a 10-5 half-time deficit into a 27-10 victory, with tries from Tom Roebuck, Nathan Jibulu, Joe Carpenter and Hyron Andrews.
• Jibulu, a summer signing from Harlequins, scored from a driving maul in the 56th minute after Jack Clement was sent to the sin bin.
• Two Sale efforts were ruled out by the TMO, including a Bevan Rodd score for obstruction and a Gus Warr finish for a forward pass.
• Alex Sanderson praised Ford and called the performance a statement of ambition for the new campaign.
• Gloucester failed to score after the break, and George Skivington lamented his side's late fade, saying they "folded" in the final minutes.