By PAUL REES

Sale ....................................... 5pts
Tries: van der Merwe 12

Toulouse .......................... 27pts
Tries: Meafou 69, Cramont 71 Conversions: Jaminet 70 Penalties: Jaminet 25, 43, 50, 54, 65
A touch of fortune helps when Toulouse are the opponents, but Sale lost both their props 19 seconds after the kickoff and had lock Cobus Wiese dismissed before the end of the first quarter for a dangerous tackle.
They nursed the lead they took through Akker van der Merwe’s 12th-minute try following a driving maul and were in touch until the final 20 minutes when the im...