Gallagher Premiership – Sale Sharks produce remarkable comeback from 16-0 down to beat Saracens 35-24 at the top of the table, while London Irish recorded a 34-19 win on the road against Newcastle Falcons
Last Updated: 05/03/23 6:58pm
Sale Sharks’ Jean-Luc du Preez celebrates scoring his side’s fifth try of the game with team-mates
Two tries for full-back Joe Carpenter completed a remarkable comeback for Sale Sharks as they cut the gap at the top of the Premiership table to six points by beating Saracens 35-24 in a thrilling game at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Trailing 16-0, Sale looked unlikely winners but a yellow card for Alex Goode and a late red for Robin Hislop ultimately proved decisive.
Sam James, Jono Ross and Jean-Luc du Preez were also on the try-scoring sheet with Rob du Preez converting all five.
Alex Lewington, Theo Dan and Kapeli Pifeleti scored Saracens’ tries while Goode kicked two penalties and Manu Vunipola one.
Saracens were quicker out of the traps and scored an excellent try after 20 minutes when Maitland raced away to provide Lewington with an easy run-in.
In that opening quarter, despite playing in front of the largest crowd this season, a strangely subdued Sale had not fired a worthwhile shot and their woes continued when Dan finished off an unstoppable line-out drive for Saracens’ second try.
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Sale needed a boost and they got one when Goode was yellow-carded for impeding Tom O’Flaherty with the hosts immediately capit …