Sale 25 - 15 La Rochelle 24/11/2019 AJ Bell Stadium Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire) Att: 6,087

25 (10) FT (HT) 15 (7)

Rohan Janse van Rensburg (6), Penalty Try (45), Chris Tries Vincent Rattez (19), Jeremy Sinzelle (80+1) Ashton (72) AJ MacGinty (8) Conversions Brock James (20) AJ MacGinty (31, 71) Penalty Goals Brock James (43) Drop Goals

Carries Home Attack Away Carries Chris Ashton 9 Possession Gregory Alldritt 14 8 37% 63% Victor Vito 13 8 Territory Jeremy Sinzelle 11 37% 63% Metres Made Carries Metres Made 71 86 131 Vincent Rattez 49 Chris Ashton 44 Metres Made Victor Vito 34 40 362 286 26 Kicks From Hand Lineouts Won 39 31 Lineouts Won Bryn Evans 5 Line Breaks Romain Sazy 3 3 6 8 Victor Vito 2 Axis Title 3 Defenders Beaten Brock James 1 21 26 Tackles Offloads Tackles Jono Ross 19 11 14 9 17 Rucks/Mauls Won Jeremy Sinzelle 9 Armand van der Merwe 14 51 101 Vincent Rattez 7 Rucks/Mauls Lost 1 5

Home Defence Away Tackles Made 151 76 Missed Tackles 26 21 Tackle Success 85% 78%

Home Penalties / Turnovers Away Total Penalties Conceded 7 17 Total Turnovers Conceded 16 21

Home Set Piece Away Lineouts Won Own Throw 13 10 Lineouts Lost Own Throw 1 1 Lineout Success 93% 91% Lineout Steals 0 0 Scrums Won 5 9 Scrums Lost 1 0 Scrums Success 83% 100% 25 - 15 La Rochelle 24/11/2019 AJ Bell Stadium 13:00 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire) Assistant ref: Stuart Gaffikin (Ire) Assistant ref: Paul Haycock (Ire) TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ire), Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (Ire)

Match Statistics Heineken Man of the Match - Tom Curry (Sale Sharks) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Simon Hammersley 15 Kini Murimurivalu Denny Solomona 14 Vincent Rattez 1 1 Rohan Janse van Rensburg 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou Robert du Preez 12 Jeremy Sinzelle 1 1 Chris Ashton 11 Arthur Retiere 1 2 AJ MacGinty 10 Brock James 1 1 Faf de Klerk 9 Alexis Balès Ross Harrison 1 1 Armand van der Merwe 2 1 3 Bryn Evans 4 Romain Sazy Jean-Luc du Preez 5 Remi Leroux 1 Tom Curry 6 Ben Curry 7 Gregory Alldritt Jono Ross (c) 8 Victor Vito (c)

Rob Webber 16 Jean Charles Orioli Valery Morozov 17 Reda Wardi WillGriff John 18 Sila Puafisi James Phillips 19 Zeno Kieft Matt Postlethwaite 20 Wian Liebenberg Embrose Papier 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow 22 23 Brieuc Plessis-Couillaud Sale Sharks 25 - 15 La Rochelle 24/11/2019 AJ Bell Stadium Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire) Att: 6,087

Match Timeline

Match Time Home Score Away Match Time

Sale Sharks La Rochelle 6:52 Rohan Janse van Rensburg - Try 5 - 0 8:15 AJ MacGinty - Conversion 7 - 0 7 - 5 Vincent Rattez - Try 19:44 7 - 7 Brock James - Conversion 20:27 31:22 AJ MacGinty - Penalty 10 - 7 10 - 7 Remi Leroux - Yellow card 35:24 10 - 7 Pierre Bourgarit - Red card 37:08 Off - Kevin Gourdon 37:21 On - Jean Charles Orioli 37:21 10 - 7 41:20 41:20 End of first half 10 - 7 10 - 10 Brock James - Penalty 43:11 10 - 10 Dany Priso - Yellow card 45:21 45:25 Penalty Try 17 - 10 Off - Alexis Balès 51:01 On - Tawera Kerr-Barlow 51:01 Off - Kini Murimurivalu 51:03 On - Reda Wardi 51:03 On - Sila Puafisi 51:05 Off - Ramiro Herrera 51:05 On - Wian Liebenberg 55:33 Off - Remi Leroux 55:33 On - Kini Murimurivalu 55:49 Off - Reda Wardi 55:49 55:50 Off - Ross Harrison 55:50 On - Valery Morozov 55:54 On - WillGriff John 55:54 Off - Coenie Oosthuizen 61:52 Off - Armand van der Merwe 61:52 On - Rob Webber Off - Dany Priso 66:32 On - Reda Wardi 66:32 Off - Arthur Retiere 66:54 On - Brieuc Plessis-Couillaud 66:54 71:03 AJ MacGinty - Penalty 20 - 10 On - Levani Botia 71:22 Off - Kini Murimurivalu 71:22 On - Zeno Kieft 71:24 Off - Gregory Alldritt 71:24 72:51 Chris Ashton - Try 25 - 10 74:31 On - Embrose Papier 74:31 Off - Faf de Klerk 74:43 On - James Phillips 74:43 Off - Bryn Evans 74:49 On - Matt Postlethwaite 74:49 Off - Jono Ross 74:57 On - Luke James 74:57 Off - Simon Hammersley 76:25 On - Marland Yarde 76:25 Off - Denny Solomona 25 - 15 Jeremy Sinzelle - Try 81:59 25 - 15 83:28 83:28 End of second half 25 - 15