■ By NICK CAIN

Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try

THIS may have begun as third versus second in the Premiership table, but it was a mismatch, because a fully locked-and-loaded Sale side were already home and dry after scoring a bonus point try in the 31st minute against a second string Bristol.
In that respect, it was a good thing there was no crowd, because, for a top professional league, nocontests like this do not merit fans handing over cash at the turnstiles.
It highlighted the main problem with this Premiership restart, which is that now there is the requirement...