GLOUCESTER’S head coach, George Skivington, was relieved to have held off Sale’s stunning comeback.
“My nerves are shot but I’m used to those tricky finishes as we were on the wrong end of a number of them last season,” he said.
“We put enough into that game to be comfortable and not put ourselves into that tricky position.
“There were a couple of soft moments and some of the lads have got to do better as they clocked off in the last ten minutes so there will be some tough conversations.
Sale boss Alex Sanderson said: “We have to ...