Aviva Premiership - Salford, 28 December 2012, 20:00 local, 20:00 GMT
Sale Sharks (14) 33 - 27 (16) Worcester Warriors (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Sale Sharks  Score  Worcester Warriors
0 start of first half start of first half
4 0 - 3 Goode - penalty goal
10 0 - 6 Goode - penalty goal
12 0 - 9 Goode - penalty goal
20 Gray - try 5 - 9 Murray - sub off
Andress - sub on
21 Cipriani - conversion 7 - 9
26 7 - 14 Best - try
27 7 - 16 Goode - conversion
Andress - sub off
Murray - sub on
29 Pennell - yellow card
36 Gaskell - try 12 - 16
37 Cipriani - conversion 14 - 16
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Doyle - sub on
Seymour - sub off		 start of second half
41 14 - 19 Goode - penalty goal
44 Willis - sub off
Peel - sub on
46 Walker - yellow card
47 Cipriani - penalty goal 17 - 19
49 Matavesi - sub off
Clarke - sub on
54 Cipriani - penalty goal
Buckley - sub on
McKenzie - sub on
Lewis-Roberts - sub off
Myall - sub off		 20 - 19 Hodgson - sub off
Arr - sub on
Murray - sub off
Andress - sub on
56 McKenzie - yellow card
57 20 - 22 Goode - penalty goal
59 Cueto - try 25 - 22
60 Cipriani - conversion 27 - 22 Lutui - sub on
Shervington - sub off
CM Jones - sub off
Schofield - sub on
64 Dickinson - sub on
Jones - sub off
Croall - sub on
Harrison - sub off
65 Betty - sub on
Best - sub off
68 Croall - sub off
Jones - sub on
70 Cipriani - penalty goal 30 - 22
75 Cipriani - penalty goal 33 - 22
78 33 - 27 Kvesic - try
79 Croall - sub on
McKenzie - sub off
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Sale Sharks won by a margin of 6 points
Aviva Premiership points Sale Sharks 4, Worcester Warriors 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance 6347
 
Referee W Barnes

Teams

Sale Sharks Worcester Warriors
Tries Gray (20), Gaskell (36), Cueto (59) Tries Best (26), Kvesic (78)
Cons Cipriani (21, 37, 60) Cons Goode (27)
Pens Cipriani (47, 54, 70, 75) Pens Goode (4, 10, 12, 41, 57)
    Team
15 FB
Rob Miller
14 W
Tom Brady
13 C
Johnny Leota
12 C
Sam Tuitupou
11 W
Mark Cueto
10 FH
Danny Cipriani
9 SH
Cillian Willis
1 P
Ross Harrison
2 H
Marc Jones
3 P
Eifion Lewis-Roberts
4 L
Richie Gray
5 L
Kearnan Myall
6 F
James Gaskell
7 F
David Seymour (c)
8 N8
Richie Vernon
    Replacements
16 H
Aston Croall
17 P
Alasdair Dickinson
18 P
Tony Buckley
19 L
Fraser McKenzie
56
20 F
James Doyle
21 SH
Dwayne Peel
22
Corne Uys
23
Cameron Shepherd
    Team
15 FB
Chris Pennell
29
14 W
Nikki Walker
46
13 C
Alex Grove
12 C
Josh Matavesi
11 W
David Lemi
10 FH
Andy Goode
9 SH
Paul Hodgson
1 P
Ceri Jones
2 H
Edd Shervington
3 P
Euan Murray
4 L
James Percival (c)
5 L
Chris Jones
6 F
Neil Best
7 F
Matt Kvesic
8 N8
Semisi Taulava
    Replacements
16 H
'Aleki Lutui
17
Rob O'Donnell
18 P
John Andress
19 L
Dean Schofield
20 F
Sam Betty
21 SH
Jonny Arr
22
Danny Gray
23 C
Jon Clarke

Match stats

Sale Sharks   Worcester Warriors
3 Tries 2
3 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 2
4 from 4 Penalty goals 5 from 7
100.0% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
13 Kicks from hand 13
148 Passes 106
117 Runs 96
398 Metres run with ball 325
Attacking
60% Possession 40%
5 Clean breaks 2
14 Defenders beaten 14
5 Offloads 8
90 from 94 (95.7%) Rucks won 69 from 72 (95.8%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
9 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
111/14 Tackles made/missed 149/15
88.8% Tackling success rate 90.8%
Set pieces
6 won, 2 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 4 lost (73.3%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 2 lost (80.0%)
Discipline
20 Penalties conceded 15
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 0/7/5 66 1 2 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Brady 0/0 0 0/1/5 27 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Leota 0/0 0 1/9/8 44 1 1 2 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuitupou 0/0 0 0/7/7 13 0 2 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Cueto 1/0 5 3/7/15 61 1 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cipriani 0/0 18 6/31/2 11 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Willis 0/0 0 1/42/5 18 0 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Harrison 0/0 0 0/1/6 2 0 1 0 0 11/2 1/0 3 0/0
H Jones 0/1 0 0/2/11 4 0 0 0 0 14/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Lewis-Roberts 0/0 0 0/0/4 10 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Gray 1/0 5 0/1/10 22 0 1 1 0 4/1 3/1 3 0/0
L Myall 0/0 0 0/1/4 10 1 1 0 1 9/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Gaskell 1/0 5 0/4/12 10 1 2 1 1 7/0 1/0 2 0/0
F Seymour 0/0 0 0/2/2 13 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Vernon 0/1 0 0/10/11 49 0 0 0 2 9/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Croall 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Dickinson 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Buckley 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
(L) McKenzie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 1 1/0
(F) Doyle 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 2 0/0
(SH) Peel 0/0 0 2/21/3 35 0 2 0 0 1/0 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

Worcs stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Pennell 0/0 0 5/5/6 58 0 3 1 1 1/0 0/0 2 1/0
W Walker 0/0 0 1/1/6 48 1 1 1 3 5/0 0/0 1 1/0
C Grove 0/0 0 0/2/6 10 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Matavesi 0/0 0 1/0/3 6 0 1 0 0 9/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Lemi 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Goode 0/0 17 6/16/3 24 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hodgson 0/1 0 0/51/1 16 0 1 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
P CR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/8 6 0 0 0 0 17/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Shervington 0/0 0 0/0/5 4 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Murray 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Percival 0/0 0 0/3/5 7 0 1 0 1 18/2 3/0 1 0/0
L CM Jones 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 8/1 2/1 1 0/0
F Best 1/0 5 0/3/8 20 0 1 0 0 13/3 2/0 0 0/0
F Kvesic 1/0 5 0/2/7 4 0 0 0 1 16/0 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Taulava 0/0 0 0/3/21 76 1 3 3 2 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Lutui 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 1 2 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Andress 0/0 0 0/0/2 23 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Schofield 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Betty 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Arr 0/0 0 0/13/3 10 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Clarke 0/0 0 0/0/1 9 0 0 0 0 4/1 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