■ By ROSS HEPPENSTALL

FIVE-STAR Sale smashed Perpignan to pieces to confirm a home quarter-final and encourage hopes of going all the way to the final at Kingston Park.
Steve Diamond’s men are gradually emerging as a force to be reckoned with and, after first-half tries from Chris Ashton and Arron Reed, the second half was about as one-sided as it gets.
Further tries from captain Jono Ross, Kieran Wilkinson and Tom Bristow underlined the Sharks’ dominance.
Director of rugby Diamond said: “I think we would have been happier if we had beaten Bordeaux or Connacht beca...