Next Match Ticket Office: 08444 994 994 Next Match 0 days 0 hrs 0 mins 0 secs Teams L Irish v Sharks Teams London Irish v Sale Sharks Opposition London Irish (A) Date 12/04/2015 Date 12/04/2015, KO 15:00 Date Sun 12th Apr 15 Competition AVIVA Premiership Rugby Home/away A Opposition London Irish Venue Madejski Stadium Time KO 15:00 Referee Previous Meeting Sharks 36-8 L Irish Sharks Form W W L L W L Irish Form L W L W L Overview Preview Home Tickets News Rugby Academy Club Fans On-Line Store Community Hospitality Business Hub Lotto Home Tickets Individual Matches Season Tickets Group Tickets View from your Seat Away Games Travel Plan News Latest News Ticket News Community News Match Reports & Previews Subscribe Stay in Touch News Archive Site Search Rugby Fixtures & Results + League Tables + Match Previews & Reports Sale Sharks Squad Statistics Sharks Coaching Staff Academy Jets Squad U18 Squad Join the Academy Academy Fixtures Sharks Development Group Academy Coaching Staff Contacts Club History The Stadium Travel Plan Roll of Honour Club Sponsors Aviva Premiership Clubs Contact Us Charitable Ticket Requests Fans Sharks TV + You Tube Channel Premiership TV Galleries Season 2014-15 Season 2013-2014 Season 2012-2013 Social Media Sharky Competitions Supporters Club Hello and Welcome Question of Sport Shop Community Trust + Matchday Experience + Breakaway Tours Community Programmes + Connections + Hitz Hospitality Events Season Hospitality Executive Boxes Platinum Season Tickets Premium Business Club Match By Match Hospitality Match Sponsorship Business Hub Work with Sale Sharks Sharks Sponsors Premier Business Club Twickenham Days Out Rugby Fixtures & Results + League Tables + Match Previews & Reports Sale Sharks Squad Statistics Sharks Coaching Staff Sale Sharks 23 - 6 HT: 10 - 6 Gloucester Rugby 29th March 2015 14:00 AJ Bell Stadium 6879 AVIVA Premiership Rugby Referee: Matt Carley Overview Preview Report Lineups Formation Sale Sharks 23 - 6 (Half Time 10 - 6) Sun 29th Mar 15, 14:00 Venue: AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 6,879 Referee: Matt Carley Gloucester Rugby Match Report 29 March 2015, 4:12 pm :: Match Report by Dave Swanton Sale Sharks 23 Gloucester 6 Sale Sharks beat Gloucester at the AJ Bell Stadium knowing the win would keep up the pressure on the leading pack and help keep the clubs hopes alive to earn a place in the elite European Competition next term. Mark Cueto was making his 300th appearance for the Sharks in this, his final season as a player. A career that dates back to 2001 and Mark is still the Premiership's leading try scorer with 88. Magnus Lund would play in his 100th Premiership game. In round two at Kingsholm, Sharks led at half time and came home with two points for scoring 4 tries and losing by just 7 (27-34). Danny Cipriani scored and created a try in that game and showed the rugby world he was back to his very best. Sharks had an impressive home record over Gloucester having not lost at home (then Heywood Road) since September 2001. The new style pre match entertainment was a massive hit with the fans and set the stage for the first of the massive home games that Steve Diamond said Sharks MUST win to have a chance of finishing in the top six. Both teams tested one another out in the early stages with high kicks but all were secured and by both defences. Sharks were penalised around the ruck area several times and after seven minutes Gloucester found themselves in kicking range. But James Hook's 35 metre kick went wide of the target. Sharks started to build territory through the phases but a couple of knock ons brought promising moves to a halt. JAMES HOOK made amends on 15 minutes with a huge effort from near the touchline on half way. The ball just went over the bar 0-3. Defences were on top at both ends of the field but Danny Cipriani started to make his presence felt and Sharks threatened the Gloucester line. Andrei Ostikov , Nathan Hines and Josh Beaumont were all battering the Gloucester defence and finally found their way through on 22 minutes when JOHNNY LEOTA emerged from a pile of bodies with ball in hand. The TMO was consulted and the try awarded. DANNY CIPRIANI converted 7-3. Gloucester wanted to get back into the game but the wall of defenders Sharks had in place stopped them dead in their tracks but the home side knew that with speed merchants Sharples and May lurking on the flanks they would have to graft as well as they had done in the wins over Northampton and Saracens. Indeed after 34 minutes Gloucester won a penalty on the 22 near the touchline and JAMES HOOK kicked a difficult penalty from the touchline on the 22, 7-6. Sharks hit back and were so close in the final minute of the half, raiding in numbers. Sadly Andrei Ostrikov knocked on near the line. From the scrum, Sharks pack put Gloucester under incredible pressure and won a penalty. Steve Diamond ordered his team to kick for goal and DANNY CIPRIANI kicked the three pointer. Half Time Score Sale Sharks 10 Gloucester 6 The rain finally stopped during the half time break but the wind increased in Sharks favour blowing in forwards the North Stand. DANNY CIPRIANI used the wind to his full advantage on 48 minutes to increase the lead with a 50 metre penalty, 13-6. On 52 minutes Sharks were awarded another penalty on half way and Tom Arscott lined up the kick but it was well short of the target. Four minutes later Sharks full back Mike Haley won another penalty and the instruction was to kick for goal. DANNY CIPRIANI took back the kicking responsibilities and added the three. 16-6. Sharks turned up the heat and Tom Arscott made a great break through the Gloucester defence. Two phases later JOSH BEAUMONT crashed through the last line of defence and touched down behind the sticks. DANNY CIPRIANI converted 23-6. Gloucester rallied and won three quick penalties on the Sharks line but after soaking up the pressure Mark Cueto capitalised on a loose ball and booted it fully sixty metres downfield. On 67 minutes referee Carley spotted one too many indiscretions from Sharks and binned Nathan Hines. Magnus Lund entered the field of play for his 100th Premiership appearance and shortly afterwards referee Carley went to the TMO for what looked like foul play for a late tackle on Chris Cusiter. Young Brendan Macken made a break for the visitors on 70 minutes and Sharks did well to stop his progress through the defence. Sharks were defending deep in their own 22 and on came Eifion Lewis Roberts and Jonathan Mills to help the defence who were doing exceptionally well with Nathan Hines still in the bin. Charlie Sharples looked to be on his way to the try line on 75 minutes but was well tackled by Johnny Leota. Nathan Hines returned to the field and crossed with Danny Cipriani who was binned for a deliberate knock on. The Hines effect soon showed when under their own sticks the Sharks pack demolished the Gloucester scrum. Full Time Sale Sharks 23 Gloucester 6 Team Mike Haley, Tom Arscott (off 73mins), Johnny Leota, Sam Tuitupou, Mark Cueto (off 78mins), Danny Cipriani, Chris Cusiter (off 75mins), Ross Harrison, Tommy Taylor (off 71mins), Vadim Cobilas (off 71mins), Andrei Ostrikov (off 73mins), Nathan Hines, Dan Braid (capt.), Dave Seymour (off 67mins), Josh Beaumont Replacements: Cameron Neild (on for Taylor 75mins), Eifion Lewis Roberts (on for Cobilas 71mins), Ciaran Parker, Jonathan Mills (on for Ostrikov 73mins), Magnus Lund (on for Seymour 67mins), Will Cliff (on for Cusiter 75mins), Joe Ford, (on for Cueto 78mins) Tom Brady (on for Arscott 73mins) Scoring Sequence: 0-3, 5-3, 7-3, 7-6, 10-6 (Half Time) 13-6, 16-6, 21-6, 23-6 Getty Images Man of the Match Josh Beaumont Match Facts Attendance: 6,879 Referee: Carley, Matt HT Score: Sharks 10, Gloucester 6 Sale Sharks Score Card Name Tries Conv Pen Drop Pts Danny Cipriani 2 3 13 Johnny Leota 1 5 Josh Beaumont 1 5 Total 2 2 3 23 Gloucester Rugby Score Card Name Tries Conv Pen Drop Pts James Hook 2 6 Total 2 6 Other Results Date Team Score Team Att 27/3/15 Saints 52 - 30 Wasps 13,362 28/3/15 Tigers 25 - 18 Chiefs 24,000 28/3/15 L Irish 22 - 21 Falcons 15,731 28/3/15 Saracens 42 - 14 Quins 84,068 29/3/15 L Welsh 14 - 29 Bath 3,354 E-mail this page Print this page Site Map Contact Us © 2015 Content © Sale Sharks, Statistics © SFMS Privacy & Cookies delivered by Sotic powered by OpenText WSM