By COLIN NEWBOULT

NOT TOO many saw this coming. Gloucester may well have a lengthy injury list but there have been few finer performances by Sale at the AJ Bell Stadium as Johan Ackermann’s ‘revolution’ became the Sharks’ retribution.
For years the Cherry and Whites tended to have an allergic reaction when they smelt the Greater Manchester air, suffering defeat after defeat at both Edgeley Park and the North Westerners’ most recent home.
That all changed 18 months ago and the West Countrymen went on to record successive victories in Salford, but Steve Diamond...