Friday’s Premiership rugby: Wingers Arron Reed (two) and Tom Roebuck (two) scored along with a penalty strive as Sale Sharks proved far too sturdy for Newcastle Falcons on head coach Steve Diamond’s return to the Salford Group Stadium; Callum Chick scored a comfort strive in defeat
Final Up to date: 11/10/24 11:32pm
Spectacular wing Tom Roebuck scored two tries as Sale Sharks comfortably beat Newcastle Falcons in Friday’s Premiership
Tom Roebuck scored twice as Sale cruised to a thumping 43-10 bonus-point win to sentence Newcastle to a twenty fifth successive Premiership defeat.
The homegrown winger, who made his England debut towards Japan in the summertime, produced two scientific second-half finishes to place himself within the body for the autumn internationals.
Arron Reed’s early brace, a penalty try to a Will Addison rating noticed Alex Sanderson’s Sharks set up a 28-3 interval result in clinch the bonus level earlier than half-time.
Roebuck then seized centre stage together with his double after the break, whereas the guests claimed a comfort strive via captain Callum Chick.
For ex-Sale participant and boss Steve Diamond it was a bitterly disappointing return to his hometown membership as Newcastle’s lengthy anticipate a victory continued.
Sale started brightly and opened the scoring contained in the fifth minute when fly-half Rob du Preez kicked to the left nook for Reed to gather and contact down.
Du Preez kicked an excellent conversion to enhance Reed’s try to put the hosts 7-0 up.
Newcastle have been dealt a blow with full-back Elliott Obatoyinbo compelled off with a knock and changed by Louis Brown.
But the Falcons, bolstered by the return of speedy winger Adam Radwan, initially steadied themselves from these early setbacks and commenced to make inroads inside Sale’s 22-metre line.
Their interval of stress compelled the Sharks to defend stoutly, however it additionally led them to concede a penalty from a ruck which Ethan Grayson kicked to get the guests off the mark.
From there the pendulum swung again in Sale’s favour as they went in the hunt for a second strive which arrived within the twenty second minute.
Full-back Joe Carpenter broke beautifully contained in the left channel and located Reed exterior him with a neat go which despatched the winger racing clear to attain his second strive.
Du Preez’s second conversion made it 14-3 and Reed went near a hat-trick when one other advantageous transfer despatched him racing down the left flank.
However moments later the hosts’ third rating got here with a penalty strive, with Chick sin-binned for collapsing a maul.
Reed was then compelled off with a knock within the thirty third minute, however Addison was despatched over the road following a short-range scrum and early within the second half fellow winger Roebuck completed off a flowing transfer by touching down inside the fitting channel.
Newcastle hit again with a close-range rating from Chick and Grayson transformed, whereas Sale hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie was sin-binned, however the hosts ran out simple victors.
Roebuck produced an excellent strive late on, gathering a kick from Du Preez to the touch down in the fitting nook for his second of the night to underline his England credentials.
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