Sale: Carpenter, Roebuck, R du Preez (c), Bedlow, O’Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Bamber, Hill, Van Rhyn, T Curry, JL du Preez.
Sin-bin: Ford (36).
Replacements: McElroy, McIntyre, John, Andrews, Dugdale, Thomas, Addison, Reed.
Northampton: Ramm, Freeman, Odendaal, Dingwall (c), Hendy; James, Mitchell; Iyogun, Langdon, Davison, Munga, Coles, Kemeny, Scott-Young, Pollock.
Sin-bin: James (9), Freeman (13).
Replacements: Walker, Haffar, Green, Mayanavnaua, Augustus, Pearson, Weimann, Litchfield.
Referee: Hamish Smales
