Worcester are going to have to notch this moment up as a missed chance.

A flowing passing move is undone out wide. There was an overlap, there was space, but the no-look pass wasn't good enough.

Sale being made to work hard for territory early on.

A poor penalty given away by Tom Curry as he shoulder charges Worcester's Chris Pennell as he tries to clear up field.

The penalty allows Worcester to advance up field and Sharks under some early huge pressure now.

Bit of early show boxing by the visitors.

Ben Te'o getting his hands on the ball early for Worcester! Just a glint of danger from the England international.

Moments later Perry Humphreys makes a sublime little break. All attack by the Warriors at the moment.

And Friday night action has kicked off with Sale getting things started.

We are just minutes away from kick-off at the AJ Bell Stadium now, as both sides have taken the field.

Worcester prop Ryan Bower comes in for Val Rapava Ruskin, while England centre Ben Te'o is also fit to return.

Te'o, who has ended speculation over his future by insisting that he will "definitely" remain at Sixways next season, suffered a head injury in England's final Six Nations game against Ireland in Dublin.

Worcester:  Pennell; Humphreys, Willison, Te'o, Adams; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Taufete'e, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Lewis, Mama.

Replacements:  Bregvadze, Grant, Alo, Barry, Potgieter, Baldwin, Lamb, Olivier.

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Switching across to tonight's other fixture now.

Hosts Sale Sharks name an almost identical 23-man Premiership matchday squad that lost narrowly at Exeter on 25 March.

There has been a late change, with Jake Pope replacing James Flynn on the Sale bench. Pope, an England Under-20 prop, will make his Premiership debut if he comes on.

The other difference from that last Premiership outing is that prolific winger Denny Solomona has declared himself available for England. Oh how things do change!

Sale:  Haley; Solomona, James, Jennings, McGuigan; MacGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, T Curry, Beaumont (capt).

Replacements:  B Curry, Pope, Longbottom, Nott, Pearce, Mitchell, Bedlow, Charnley.

One late change for the visitors at Kingston Park tonight, with Sione Kalamafoni coming in for Ross Moriarty, who is unwell.

Billy Twelvetrees takes over from the injured Billy Burns in the halves, Mark Atkinson comes into the centres, while in the pack Motu Matu'u plays hooker and John Afoa at tighthead prop.

Gloucester:  Marshall; Sharples, Trinder, Atkinson, May; Twelvetrees, Heinz (capt); McAllister, Matu'u, Afoa; Savage, Galarza; Kalamafoni, Rowan, Morgan.

Replacements:  Hibbard, Thomas, Hohneck, Denton, Ludlow, Braley, Evans, Purdy.

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Let's start the night's team news with a milestone, as Newcastle full-back Alex Tait is set to make 200th appearance for the club.

There are eight changes in total for Falcons following their defeat against Harlequins.

Among them are Mike Delany and Michael Young in the halves, while Ally Hogg comes in at number eight.

Newcastle:  Tait; Goneva, C. Harris, Socino, Watson; Delany, Young; Vickers, Cooper, D. Wilson; Green, Olmstead; M. Wilson, Welch, Hogg.

Replacements:  Lawson, B. Harris, Welsh, Witty, Chick, Takulua, Hodgson, Sinoti.

We have you well covered here for tonight's rugby union action.

You can, of course, hang off every word of the live text, but there is also a selection of four radio commentaries across the two matches.

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The top six hopes of both Newcastle and Gloucester are very much based on mathematical equations.

Newcastle are ninth in the table after being thumped by sixth-placed Harlequins last time out. That defeat was their third in a row.

Gloucester are one place and four points better off than the Falcons in eighth place. And still, with four matches remaining this season they are seven points adrift of Quins, who have a Wembley fixture against Saracens to look forward to on Saturday.

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Tonight at the AJ Bell Stadium we have two sides that are in, well, who are in... not great form.

Sale, who have lost three Premiership games in a row, have not lost to Worcester at home since 2008. A little of the good and bad there as far as the form book goes.

Worcester, who are just four points behind 10th-placed Sale, have not won away in the Premiership since beating Harlequins in March 2016. Grim reading, that.

And the Warriors' only win in their past four games was  a 41-24 victory over bottom club Bristol at Sixways  on 5 March - the victory that will probably keep Gary Gold's men up.

Hello rugby fans!

Welcome to the first of the Premiership's April action.

A week after Gloucester booked their place in the European Challenge Cup semi-final, they are back in domestic action and desperately chasing a top-six finish. Tonight they travel to a Newcastle side who are one place behind them in ninth.

The night's action begins in Greater Manchester where Sale Sharks host second-from-bottom Worcester.

There is plenty to come, so stay with us.

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