By BEN JAYCOCK

Sale..................................... 40pts
Tries: Birch 15, 55; Postlethwaite 42, Caine 65, Wilkinson 71, 80
Conversions: Curtis 16, 43, 66, 73, 80+1

Harlequins......................... 19pts
Tries: Barnes 4, Lawday 47, Anderson 76
Conversions: Slevin 48, 77
Sale Sharks scored six tries to all but secure a Premiership Cup semi-final after their greater experience made the difference in a comfortable victory over Harlequins.
Quins took the lead through winger Curtis Barnes but No.8 Rouban Birch saw Sale lead 7-5 at half-time before flanker Matt Postlethwaite, Birch wi...