South draw at home

With speed and pace from the sale wings and three quarters, sale quickly ran in 3 trys before half time, south could do very little against a side that have made it clear that promotions is their target for the season, lucky for south they failed to convert the extra points. HT 17-0 to sale

The second half started well for south, with a cross filed kick from Aley, picked up by Matt Cooke who went over for souths one and only try of the afternoon, converted by Aley 7-17 to sale

South then turned the game around, sale had no answers against the south pack and the pressure that was be applied, penalty after penalty was converted by Aley and south took the lead 19-17