England winger Tom Roebuck scored twice as Sale beat Gloucester 31-27 on further factors within the Gallagher Premiership.
The 23-year-old, who was named to Steve Borthwick’s England coaching squad earlier within the day, was featured at half-time because the Sharks get better from final week’s defeat to Saracens Hit the staff.
England colleague Luke Cowan-Dickie additionally crossed twice in Sale’s 5 makes an attempt to halt Gloucester’s late surge.
Gloucester, who misplaced hat-trick hero Christian Wade to a rib damage final week, gained two factors via Max Llewellyn’s strike within the 78th minute however have been unable to interrupt via Sale’s protection in stoppage time.
Sale led 14-8 at half-time, coming from behind after Tomos Williams’ sixth-minute strike gave Gloucester the lead.
Roebuck, who made his England debut instead in opposition to Japan in June, responded 11 minutes later from Sale, gliding in the suitable nook from Robert du Preez’s cross.
4 minutes earlier than the break, Roebuck transformed right into a defender and flicked an inside ball from Du Preez earlier than establishing scrum-half Gus Warr for a strive.
Within the forty eighth minute, Roebuck crossed once more, and Alan Reid’s curved run within the midfield tore aside Gloucester’s protection.
Gloucester launched a breakaway from their very own half simply earlier than the hour mark, with Williams scoring his second after choosing up a kick from Charlie Atkinson on the bench.
Within the sixty fourth minute, Sale rushed into the boundary from 15 meters out and Cowan-Dickie scored. Simply 7 minutes later, Cowan-Dickie scored once more.
Substitute Caolan Englefield scored Gloucester’s third strive late on and so they bought their fourth from Llewellyn on the left wing, however they have been operating out of time.
Northampton beat Quins in thrilling comeback
Ollie Sleightholme was the main scorer within the Gallagher Premiership final season, scoring twice in Northampton’s 33-29 comeback victory over Harlequins.
Saints’ year-long residence unbeaten run was threatened by two strikes from Quins and England star Marcus Smith, who performed at full-back, in an exhilarating encounter.
Nevertheless, the defending champions have been turnover-ridden within the second half and scored 21 straight factors earlier than halftime to safe their seventeenth straight win at Franklin Gardens.
Harlequins secured a decent tie when Will Porter diminished the hole to 4 factors with seven minutes left via Dino Lamb’s wild infield play. The sport ended, however the champions managed to carry on for back-to-back wins.
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