■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER

Richmond................ 31
Sale FC.....................27
WITH five tries, Richmond took maximum points from this game, but Sale pushed them hard to earn their win.
Playing with the wind, the visitors opened the scoring with a penalty, but Richmond got the first try when they took advantage of a dropped pass in the centre, Schwarz looping round for a fine 30-metre run-in.
A Richmond handling error allowed Sale to break back, Walsh winning a chase for a kick ahead.
With neither side ever getting more than one score ahead, Richmond retrieved the lead w...