Aviva Premiership - Salford, 8 September 2012, 16:30 local, 15:30 GMT
Sale Sharks (9) 16 - 23 (12) Saracens (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Sale Sharks  Score  Saracens
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Cipriani - penalty goal 3 - 0
11 3 - 3 Hodgson - penalty goal
18 3 - 6 Hodgson - penalty goal
22 3 - 9 Hodgson - penalty goal
26 3 - 12 Hodgson - penalty goal
32 Cipriani - penalty goal 6 - 12
39 Cipriani - penalty goal 9 - 12
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Addison - try
Cipriani - conversion		 16 - 12
47 Farrell - sub on
Tomkins - sub off
49 du Plessis - sub off
Nieto - sub on
51 Wigglesworth - sub off
de Kock - sub on
58 16 - 15 Hodgson - penalty goal
Botha - sub off
Hargreaves - sub on
59 Uys - sub on
Tuitupou - sub off		 Wray - sub on
Fraser - sub off
60 Cipriani - sub off
Macleod - sub on		 16 - 20 Ashton - try
61 Lewis-Roberts - sub off
Dickinson - sub on
67 Cobilas - sub off
Thomas - sub on		 16 - 23 Hodgson - penalty goal
73 Cliff - sub on
Peel - sub off		 George - sub on
Brits - sub off
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 7 points
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 4, Sale Sharks 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance 7451
 
Referee D Pearson

Teams

Sale Sharks Saracens
Tries Addison (42) Tries Ashton (60)
Cons Cipriani (42) Cons none
Pens Cipriani (3, 32, 39) Pens Hodgson (11, 18, 22, 26, 58, 67)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Miller
14 W
Will Addison
13 C
Johnny Leota
12 C
Sam Tuitupou
11 W
Mark Cueto
10 FH
Danny Cipriani
9 SH
Dwayne Peel
1 P
Eifion Lewis-Roberts
2 H
Joe Ward
3 P
Vadim Cobilas
4 L
Richie Gray
5 L
Kearnan Myall
6 F
James Gaskell
7 F
David Seymour (c)
8 N8
Richie Vernon
    Replacements
16
Tommy Taylor
17 P
Alasdair Dickinson
18 P
Henry Thomas
19
Fraser McKenzie
20
James Doyle
21 SH
Will Cliff
22 FH
Nick Macleod
23 C
Corne Uys
    Team
15 FB
Alex Goode
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Joel Tomkins
12 C
Brad Barritt
11 W
Chris Wyles
10 FH
Charlie Hodgson
9 SH
Richard Wigglesworth
1 P
Mako Vunipola
2 H
Schalk Brits
3 P
Petrus du Plessis
4 L
Steve Borthwick (c)
5 L
Mouritz Botha
6 F
Kelly Brown
7 F
Will Fraser
8 N8
Ernst Joubert
    Replacements
16 H
Jamie George
17
Jared Saunders
18 P
Carlos Nieto
19 L
Alistair Hargreaves
20 F
Jackson Wray
21 SH
Neil de Kock
22 C
Owen Farrell
23
James Short

Match stats

Sale Sharks   Saracens
1 Tries 1
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 1
3 from 3 Penalty goals 6 from 7
100.0% Kick at goal success 75.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
34 Kicks from hand 26
88 Passes 165
57 Runs 108
256 Metres run with ball 533
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
5 Clean breaks 11
7 Defenders beaten 13
5 Offloads 10
48 from 50 (96.0%) Rucks won 69 from 72 (95.8%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
12 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
97/13 Tackles made/missed 66/7
88.2% Tackling success rate 90.4%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
15 won, 2 lost (88.2%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 4 lost (69.2%)
Discipline
17 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Sale stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Miller 0/0 0 5/3/5 47 1 1 0 4 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Addison 1/0 5 0/4/5 83 2 1 2 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Leota 0/0 0 1/2/2 5 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuitupou 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 0 1 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Cueto 0/0 0 2/2/3 17 1 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cipriani 0/0 11 10/8/1 5 0 0 0 2 5/2 1/0 1 0/0
SH Peel 0/0 0 12/31/4 19 0 2 0 1 5/0 1/0 2 0/0
P Lewis-Roberts 0/0 0 0/0/2 8 0 0 0 0 3/3 0/0 1 0/0
H Ward 0/0 0 0/1/5 24 1 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Cobilas 0/0 0 0/0/4 16 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/1 1 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/3/2 5 0 0 1 0 6/0 5/0 1 0/0
L Myall 0/0 0 0/0/5 0 0 1 0 1 8/2 4/1 2 0/0
F Gaskell 0/0 0 0/5/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 1/0 2 0/0
F Seymour 0/0 0 0/2/3 5 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Vernon 0/0 0 0/5/3 6 0 0 0 3 12/0 3/0 0 0/0
(P) Dickinson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Thomas 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Cliff 0/0 0 1/12/1 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Macleod 0/0 0 2/8/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Uys 0/0 0 1/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/1 0 6/9/11 96 1 2 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 1/0 5 1/4/6 69 2 4 0 2 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Tomkins 0/0 0 0/5/5 22 1 2 2 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/4/10 27 3 0 0 2 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Wyles 0/0 0 0/9/6 31 1 1 2 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Hodgson 0/0 18 9/39/1 23 1 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Wigglesworth 0/0 0 6/39/1 10 0 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Vunipola 0/0 0 0/2/4 7 0 1 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Brits 0/0 0 1/11/16 110 1 1 3 1 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Borthwick 0/0 0 0/7/5 12 0 0 0 1 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/0/8 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Brown 0/0 0 0/1/7 13 0 0 0 0 6/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Fraser 0/0 0 0/2/6 16 0 0 0 3 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Joubert 0/0 0 0/4/8 47 0 1 1 1 6/1 3/1 0 0/0
(H) George 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Nieto 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Hargreaves 0/0 0 0/2/3 4 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Wray 0/0 0 0/1/2 8 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) de Kock 0/0 0 2/22/3 27 1 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Farrell 0/0 0 1/3/1 3 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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