Teams

London Irish	Sale Sharks
Tries Bird, O'Shea	Tries Ellis, Yates
Cons Woods 2	Cons Howarth 2
Pens Woods	Pens Howarth 4
Drops Humphreys	Drops none
Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea (c) 14 W Justin Bishop 13 C Nick Burrows 12 C Mark McCall 11 W Niall Woods 10 FH David Humphreys 9 SH Niall Hogan 1 P Justin Fitzpatrick 2 H Rob Kellam 3 P Gary Halpin 4 L Gabriel Fulcher 5 L Jeremy Davidson 6 F Ken O'Connell 7 F Ciaran Bird 8 N8 Malcolm O'Kelly     Replacements 16 P Ian McLaughlin 17 Peter Richards 18 Raymond Hennessy 19 Sean Burns 20 Richard Yeabsley 21 Tony Redmond	Team 15 FB Jim Mallinder (c) 14 W David Rees 13 C Jos Baxendell 12 C Chris Yates 11 W Tom Beim 10 FH Shane Howarth 9 SH Kevin Ellis 1 P Phil Winstanley 2 H Steve Diamond 3 P Murray Driver 4 L Chris Murphy 5 L Dave Baldwin 6 F Pat Sanderson 7 F David Erskine 8 N8 Dylan O'Grady     Replacements 16 C John Devereux 17 C Matt Moore 18 Richard Smith 19 Matt Kirke 20 Graham Dawe 21 Danny Williamson

Notes

Result Sale Sharks won by a margin of 6 points

Allied Dunbar Premiership points Sale Sharks 2, London Irish 0

Ground name The Avenue, London

Attendance 5000

Referee AJ Spreadbury

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