Killer start puts Sharks on scent for silverware

By ROB WILDMAN

Flying start: Byron McGuigan dives over for Sale’s first try
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No way through: Sale try-scorer Denny Solomona is halted by Connacht flanker James Connolly

IT WAS far from pretty but this victory keeps Steve Diamond’s squad fighting on two fronts going into the final weeks of the season.
Sale’s director of rugby was upbeat after an edgy win had maintained hopes of the club’s first silverware since the 2006 Premiership triumph.
Diamond said: “If someone had said in August come April we would be pushing for a top-four pl...

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