Overview
- Sale overturned a 17-12 half-time deficit with seven tries to win 43-17 at the CorpAcq Stadium in Salford.
- Jacques Vermeulen crossed twice soon after the interval to secure the bonus point and swing momentum decisively.
- Further scores from Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, Raffi Quirke and replacement hooker Nathan Jibulu capped a 31-point second half.
- Quirke’s try followed a Marcus Smith handling error, after earlier efforts by Alex Wills and Luke Cowan-Dickie had kept Sale in touch.
- The defeat leaves Harlequins with six losses in eight league games and shrinking play-off hopes, while Sale edge closer to the top six.