Sale: Carpenter; O’Flaherty, R du Preez, Ma’asi-White, Wills; Ford, Quirke; Rodd, Jibulu, Harper, van Rhyn, Bamber, Vermuelen, Dugdale, T Curry.
Replacements: Caine, McIntyre, Bell, Burrow, Gilmore, Warr, Louw, Reed.
Sin bin: T Curry (33 mins)
Northampton: Hendy; Freeman, Hutchinson, Dingwall, Todaro; Belleau, Mitchell; Iyogun, R Smith, Davison, Coles, van der Mescht, Kemeny, Pearson, Chick.
Replacements: Wright, Fischetti, Millar Mills, Prowse, Lockett, Pollock, McParland, Furbank.
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe