England wing Tom Roebuck scored two tries as Sale secured a breathless 31-27 bonus-point win over Gloucester on the Salford Group Stadium.
The 23-year-old, named earlier within the day in Steve Borthwick’s England coaching squad, struck both aspect of half-time because the Sharks bounced again from final week’s defeat at Saracens.
England colleague Luke Cowan-Dickie additionally crossed twice in a five-try present from Sale as they held off Gloucester’s late surge.
Gloucester, who misplaced final week’s hat-trick hero Christian Wade to a first-half rib harm, grabbed two bonus factors with a 78th-minute strive from Max Llewellyn however couldn’t breach the Sale defence in added time.
Sale led 14-8 at half time, coming from behind after Tomos Williams had given Gloucester the lead with a sixth-minute strive. The Welsh scrum-half completed off a flowing transfer began by half-back accomplice Gareth Anscombe with a stunning step off his proper foot after a deft back-of-the-hand move by Jack Clement within the build-up.
Roebuck, who received his first England cap off the bench towards Japan in June, replied for Sale 11 minutes later, scooping up Robert du Preez’s move to slip over within the right-hand nook.
Roebuck turned supplier 4 minutes earlier than the break, scything although from Du Preez’s inside ball earlier than placing scrum-half Gus Warr away for the strive.
Full-back George Barton put over a penalty simply earlier than the break to maintain the guests in contact.
Sale, already with out the injured George Ford and Tom Curry, misplaced centre Will Addison to a watch challenge earlier than the break.
Roebuck went over once more within the forty eighth minute, crossing after Arron Reed’s bending run in midfield had pulled aside Gloucester’s defence.
Gloucester stayed true to this season’s promise to play from anyplace and so they conjured a breakaway strive from their very own half simply earlier than the hour-mark with Williams grabbing his second after hacking on substitute Charlie Atkinson’s kick.
Du Preez’s 50-22 put Sale in place for a lineout drive rating from Cowan-Dickie within the sixty fourth minute. The pack, beefed up by the looks off the bench of twenty first 10lb second row Le Roux Roets, rumbled 15 metres for the strive.
Cowan-Dickie went over for his second within the 71st minute off a sensible blind-side lineout play, taking Reed’s move to go over with Gloucester’s defence splintered.
Alternative Caolan Englefield grabbed a 3rd strive late on for Gloucester and so they added a fourth from left wing Llewellyn with Warr within the sin-bin however time ran out on them.