Sale’s Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson said: “Joe Carpenter was brilliant today. We have seen all those skills and talent in training and in the Prem Cup. He has had to work really hard in the last couple of years to come through injuries but today the door opened for him through an injury to Luke James and he stepped through it. I am chuffed for him.
“We found a way today. It was pretty scratchy at the start, a very tough opening 20 when we had to make a lot of tackles. We did well to come through that and then the bench did well to help us win the last 20 and ultimately the game. The lad...