By ROSS HEPPENSTALL

Sale ....................35pts
Tries: Van der Merwe 17, 37; B Curry 43, Hammersley 52, Ashman 67
Conversions: Du Preez 18, 38, 44, 55, 69

Newcastle ........27 pts
Tries: McGuigan 8, Hodgson 32, Carreras 45, Orlando 79
Conversions: Hodgson 33, 80
Penalties: Tait 40
SALE warmed up for Sunday’s Champions Cup quarter-final against Racing 92 with a bonus-point win which kept their flickering Premiership play-off hopes alive.
Alex Sanderson’s side have endured a disappointing domestic campaign and had lost their previous three games on home soil in all co...