Summary

  • FT: Sale 36-26 Worcester; Newcastle 16-14 Gloucester

  • Joel Hodgson converts penalty with last kick to win game for Falcons

  • Sam James scores two tries in Sale win over Worcester

  • Worcester also pick up bonus point for four tries

  1. try

    Try (Curry, con MacGinty)published at 77 mins

    Sale 36-21 Worcester

    Ben Curry comes up with a incredible try.

    No one part of it was sensational, but what the flanker did to carve out the chance, with a pressure-relieving kick for touch, and muscle to then steal the ball and go over, was brilliant.

  2. try

    Try (Curry)published at 76 mins

    Sale 34-21 Worcester

  3. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Newcastle 10-14 Gloucester

    Twenty minutes to go at Kingston Park and still Gloucester lead.

    The Cherry and Whites have had a spring in their step since going ahead but can they hold on against a Newcastle side that have been much improved this season?

    The Falcons were arguably the better of the sides in the first half and enjoyed more possession, but there's not much between the teams at the moment.

    Jonny May stops Vereniki Goneva in his tracks but play is then held up as Gloucester replacement Henry Purdy recieves treatment.

    Newcastle attackImage source, Rex Features
  4. Penalty (MacGinty)published at 74 mins

    Sale 29-21 Worcester

    Sale have their driving maul going close to the line.

    The whistle goes again. This time, and for the first time all night, we have a shot at the sticks.

    AJ MacGinty tees it up and lands the penalty for sale!

  5. Postpublished at 72 mins

    Sale 26-21 Worcester

    Worcester's pack have been immense at times, but that shove by Sale Sharks from a Warriors scrum feed on half-way was huge.

    Penalty is blown, and the kick goes to the corner.

    Sale with a line-out five metres out.

  6. try

    Try (Pennell, con Lamb)published at 70 mins

    Sale 26-21

    Well, with a sensational long pass from Ryan Lamb, Chris Pennell darts over. That was masterfully created from the scrum.

    That try scored in the space that Denny Solomona vacated on Sale's right edge.

    Lamb converts, and Worcester are right back in this now.

  7. try

    Try (Pennell)published at 69 mins

    Sale 26-21 Worcester

  8. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Sale 26-14 Worcester

    With prop Halani 'Aulika in the sin-bin, Sale sacrifice Denny Solomona in the back-line.

    What can the Warriors come up with now, they will look to stretch the hosts' defence.

  9. Postpublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Newcastle 10-14 Gloucester

    Newcastle v GloucesterImage source, Getty Images

    As it stands, Gloucester would move on to 44 points, three points behind Harlequins in sixth in the quest for a Champions Cup place for next season.

    Quins, of course, face Saracens at Wembley on Saturday. I think we know who Cherry and Whites fans might be cheering on!

  10. Sin-bin (Aulika)published at 68 mins

    Sale 26-14 Worcester

    Worcester work up pressure with a driving maul and pound on the door.

    Three penalties later and Halani 'Aulika is sin-binned. Something had to give.

    Worcester with the scrum, just five metres out.

  11. try

    Try (McGuigan, con missed MacGinty)published at 64 mins

    Sale 26-14 Worcester

    There was a grand total of nothing on when Josh Beaumont popped up a pass for Byron McGuigan, but a sublime bit of skill turns it into a try.

    The centre chips over the head of Chris Pennell, collects and finishes. What a try!

    And that is the bonus-point in the bag for the hosts.

  12. try

    Try (Marshall)published at 21:16 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Newcastle 10-14 Gloucester

    Yes Tom Marshall did and the Cherry and Whites lead for the first time. Billy Twelvetrees adds the extras and Gloucester lead by four points.

  13. try

    Try (McGuigan)published at 63 mins

    Sale 26-14 Worcester

  14. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Sale 21-14 Worcester

    In a flash, the game is turned around and Sale are at the other end and suddenly pressing and going through the phases.

  15. Try reviewpublished at 21:14 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Newcastle 10-7 Gloucester

    Gloucester are straight on the attack after falling behind as Tom Marshall chases down his own kick.

    But did he get there first to touch down?

  16. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Sale 21-14 Worcester

    Sale, huge effort at the scrum and they win a penalty!

    That takes the pressure off, big time.

  17. Penalty (Hodgson)published at 21:12 British Summer Time 7 April 2017

    Newcastle 10-7 Gloucester

    Newcastle are back in front! Gloucester are penalised at the tackle area 40m out and replacement Falcons fly-half Joel Hodgson slots his kick between the posts.

  18. No trypublished at 58 mins

    Sale 21-14 Worcester

    Perry Humphreys went close. So close in fact, the television match official needed a buck load of replays to chalk his effort off.

    Sam James and AJ MacGinty did enough to stop Humphreys from ground the ball as he scrambled for the line.

    Scrum is set five metres from the line. 

  19. Try reviewpublished at 56 mins

    Sale 21-14 Worcester

  20. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Sale 21-14 Worcester

    And Sale's attack peters out

    Denny Solomona is pinged for being offside from a knock on.

    Ryan Mills kicks up field and Warriors are up to the half-way line.

    Another penalty and Mills kicks to the line.

    Suddenly, Warriors are just five metres from the line...