Sale reignited their Investec Champions Cup marketing campaign as they cruised to a 29-7 win over Racing 92 at Salford Neighborhood Stadium. The hosts had began the evening backside of Pool 4 after a loss at Glasgow Warriors within the opening spherical however a gap attempt from Jean-Luc du Preez set the tone for a dominant show.
Tom Roebuck crossed within the nook to place the hosts 12 factors clear however Racing, who had crushed Harlequins within the opening spherical, responded when Guram Gogichashvili barged over to chop Sale’s result in 5 on the break.
Racing’s bid to construct on that breakthrough was ended shortly after the restart when Roebuck reacted to a poor kick to ship Joe Carpenter scampering underneath the posts to revive the house aspect’s 12-point benefit.
Ben Curry crossed for Sale’s fourth attempt after Racing’s Maxime Baudonne was despatched to the sin bin, and Sale’s win may have been extra emphatic had Rob du Preez – who kicked three conversions and a penalty – not had a late effort dominated out for a knock-on.
Munster fell to a 16-14 defeat to Castres in France as a late penalty from Louis le Brun helped the hosts get the higher of a bodily and error-strewn Pool Three conflict. Craig Casey and Peter O’Mahony each went off injured on an evening to neglect for the guests, who fell behind to early tries from Abraham Papalii and Quentin Walcker.
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An excellent solo attempt from John Hodnett stored Munster in contact, taking them to the interval solely three factors in arrears at 10-7, and the 68th minute sin-binning of Castres prop Nicolas Corato gave the guests renewed hope.
Because the errors stored coming from each side, a house infringement gave Hodnett the prospect to energy over for his second try to Jack Crowley’s second conversion gave the guests an unlikely lead.
It wasn’t sufficient for Ian Costello’s aspect, although, as le Brun’s kick gave Castres again the benefit and so they noticed the sport out to take the win.
