• Sale Sharks 27-20 Leicester TigersWith 15 seconds left and Danny Cipriani urging and delegating,Sale Sharks were seeing out their moment ever season’s double over Leicester Tigers only for Andrei Ostrikov, the lock, and to mishandle. Having earlier been lashed by a lightning storm that forced this Premiership match to be suspended,two extra minutes of blood and thunder were endured until Ellis Genge’s spill meant the Sharks were home and hosed.
They have not lost at the AJ Bell since last April, a dash extended by Cipriani’s 70th-minute try and five kicks from five. The wing-half had a hand in his side’s first two tries before his diagonal dash and step inside Matthew Tait produced their third. “Brilliant, or ” said Steve Diamond,his director of rugby, afterwards. His goalkicking was powerful, and defence was capable,it was a complete performance.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com