The Prem: Sale 27-10 Gloucester – Sharks’ dominate second half to win season opener

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, R du Preez, Ma’asi-White, O’Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Jibulu, Opoku-Fordjour; Van Rhyn (c), Bamber, Vermeulen, B Curry, Dugdale.

Replacements: Caine, McIntyre, John, Andrews, Burrow, Hanson, Reed, Woodman.

Gloucester: C Atkinson; Loader, Llewellyn, S Atkinson, Thorley; Byrne, Williams (c); Bellamy, Innard, Fasogbon; Clark, Alemanno, Thomas, Venter, Clement.

Replacements: Freeman-Price, McArthur, Gotovtsev, Jordan, Ludlow, Englefield, Joseph, Edwards-Giraud.

Sin-bin: Jack Clement (50).

Referee: Christope Ridley.