Premiership: Sale 41-27 Bristol – Sharks leapfrog Bears in hunt for play-off spot

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, R du Preez, Ma’asi-White, O’Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, McElroy, Opoku-Fordjour, van Rhyn, Hill, JL du Preez, B Curry, D du Preez.

Replacements: Longstaff, McIntyre, John, Bamber, Dugdale, Quirke, Bedlow, Wills.

Bristol: Lane, Ravouvou, Janse van Rensburg, Williams, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Randall; Woolmore, Oghre, Kloska, Caulfield, Batley, Grondona, Harding, Mata.

Replacements: Capon, Genge, Lahiff, Dun, Owen, Marmion, Byrne, Naulago.

Referee: Adam Leal