Aviva Premiership - Stockport, 23 September 2011, 19:45 local, 18:45 GMT
Sale Sharks (6) 29 - 21 (12) Northampton Saints (FT)

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Timeline

Time Sale Sharks  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
8 0 - 3 Myler - penalty goal
16 0 - 6 Myler - penalty goal
19 0 - 9 Myler - penalty goal
21 Macleod - penalty goal 3 - 9
27 Peel - yellow card
36 3 - 12 Myler - penalty goal
38 Macleod - penalty goal 6 - 12
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 6 - 15 Myler - penalty goal
46 Macleod - penalty goal 9 - 15
51 Holmes - sub on
McKenzie - sub off
Tuitupou - sub on
Higgins - sub off
54 9 - 18 Myler - penalty goal
57 Easter - try 14 - 18
58 Clark - yellow card
61 Dowson - yellow card
62 Macleod - penalty goal 17 - 18
65 Waller - sub on
Doran Jones - sub off
67 Peel - try 22 - 18
71 22 - 21 Myler - penalty goal
73 Seymour - try 27 - 21
74 Macleod - conversion 29 - 21 Mujati - sub off
Mercey - sub on
76 Imiolek - sub off
Croall - sub on		 Diggin - sub off
Armstrong - sub on
78 Thomas - sub off
Cobilas - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Sale Sharks won by a margin of 8 points
Aviva Premiership points Sale Sharks 4, Northampton Saints 0
 
Ground name Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance 6250
 
Referee TJ Wigglesworth

Teams

Sale Sharks Northampton Saints
Tries Easter (57), Peel (67), Seymour (73) Tries none
Cons Macleod (74) Cons none
Pens Macleod (21, 38, 46, 62) Pens Myler (8, 16, 19, 36, 44, 54, 71)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Miller
14 W
Tom Brady
13 C
Andrew Higgins
12 C
Will Addison
11 W
Joaquin Tuculet
10 FH
Nick Macleod
9 SH
Dwayne Peel
27
1 P
Lee Imiolek
2 H
Marc Jones
3 P
Henry Thomas
4 L
Fraser McKenzie
5 L
Kearnan Myall
6 F
James Gaskell
7 F
David Seymour (c)
8 N8
Mark Easter
    Replacements
16
Tommy Taylor
17 P
Aston Croall
18 P
Vadim Cobilas
19 L
Tom Holmes
20
Neil Briggs
21
Scott Mathie
22 C
Sam Tuitupou
23
Charlie Amesbury
    Team
15 FB
Jon Clarke
14 W
Paul Diggin
13 C
Tom May
12 C
James Downey
11 W
Noah Cato
10 FH
Stephen Myler
9 SH
Martin Roberts
1 P
Paul Doran Jones
2 H
Brett Sharman
3 P
Brian Mujati
4 L
Samu Manoa
5 L
Christian Day
6 F
Calum Clark
58
7 F
Ben Nutley
8 N8
Phil Dowson (c)
61
    Replacements
16
Mike Haywood
17 P
Alex Waller
18 P
Tom Mercey
19
Mark Sorenson
20
James Craig
21
Stuart Commins
22
Ryan Lamb
23 W
Scott Armstrong

Match stats

Sale Sharks   Northampton Saints
3 Tries 0
1 from 3 Conversion goals 0 from 0
4 from 5 Penalty goals 7 from 8
62.5% Kick at goal success 87.5%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 23
91 Passes 123
81 Runs 109
330 Metres run with ball 364
Attacking
100% Possession 0%
4 Clean breaks 5
5 Defenders beaten 11
7 Offloads 6
63 from 65 (96.9%) Rucks won 92 from 93 (98.9%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
9 Turnovers conceded 6
Defensive
113/11 Tackles made/missed 72/5
91.1% Tackling success rate 93.5%
Set pieces
3 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 2 lost (77.8%)
8 won, 3 lost (72.7%) Lineouts on own throw 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 14
1/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Sale stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Miller 0/0 0 3/8/5 45 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Brady 0/0 0 0/1/6 74 0 3 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Higgins 0/0 0 1/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Addison 0/0 0 1/1/6 12 0 0 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuculet 0/1 0 5/6/8 45 1 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Macleod 0/0 14 7/16/1 0 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Peel 1/0 5 5/43/6 24 1 0 2 1 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Imiolek 0/0 0 0/1/4 10 0 0 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Jones 0/0 0 0/4/9 12 0 0 1 0 14/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Thomas 0/0 0 0/0/11 31 0 1 0 0 4/1 1/0 5 0/0
L McKenzie 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Myall 0/0 0 0/1/4 24 0 0 1 0 11/0 4/0 0 0/0
F Gaskell 0/0 0 0/2/5 3 0 0 0 0 9/2 1/0 2 0/0
F Seymour 1/0 5 0/2/4 29 2 0 1 1 15/1 0/1 1 0/0
N8 Easter 1/0 5 0/3/4 5 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Croall 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Cobilas 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Holmes 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 1 3/1 2/0 0 0/0
(C) Tuitupou 0/0 0 0/1/3 9 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 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

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Clarke 0/0 0 5/4/9 39 0 0 2 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Diggin 0/0 0 0/1/4 28 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
C May 0/0 0 0/1/8 44 2 4 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Downey 0/0 0 0/6/9 25 1 1 1 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Cato 0/0 0 1/5/4 39 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Myler 0/0 21 11/24/4 18 0 2 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Roberts 0/0 0 6/72/8 53 1 2 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Doran Jones 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Sharman 0/0 0 0/1/4 9 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mujati 0/0 0 0/1/5 5 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Manoa 0/0 0 0/1/15 17 0 2 0 0 4/1 1/0 1 0/0
L Day 0/0 0 0/0/5 14 0 0 0 0 9/0 1/1 3 0/0
F Clark 0/0 0 0/1/9 16 0 0 0 0 10/0 1/0 4 1/0
F Nutley 0/0 0 0/2/7 37 0 0 1 2 8/1 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Dowson 0/0 0 0/4/11 10 0 0 1 0 2/0 2/0 1 1/0
(P) Waller 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Armstrong 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 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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