Newcastle 15 - 39 Sale

Full time

21 Mar 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 12

Kingston Park

Sale Sharks delivered an impressive performance with a convincing 39-15 victory over Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park. George Ford was instrumental for Sale, scoring 17 points with his precision kicking and playmaking. Sale took an early lead with a penalty and a try from Rodd, followed by conversions from Ford. The Falcons responded through Neild's try, but it was too little, too late as Sale continued to dominate. Tom O'Flaherty added to Sale's tally just before halftime, giving them a commanding lead. In the second half, Sale maintained their momentum, scoring further tries from McElroy and Carpenter. Despite a late try from Palframan, Newcastle could not recover from Sale's early onslaught.

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Weather

Temperature: 8.6°C (Feels like 3.0°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 21.2 km/h, gusting to 43.1 km/h Humidity: 79% Cloud Cover: 96%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Penalty

George Ford · Sale

0 - 3
9'

Try

Bevan Rodd · Sale

0 - 8
10'

Conversion

George Ford · Sale

0 - 10
21'

Try

Cameron Neild · Newcastle

5 - 10
22'

Conversion

Brett Connon · Newcastle

7 - 10
30'

Try

Robert du Preez · Sale

7 - 15
31'

Conversion

George Ford · Sale

7 - 17
32'

Penalty

Brett Connon · Newcastle

10 - 17
37'

Penalty

George Ford · Sale

10 - 20
37'

Substitution

Sebastian de Chaves on for Kiran McDonald · Newcastle
40'

Try

Tom O'Flaherty · Sale

10 - 25
Halftime 10 - 25
Second Half
41'

Conversion

George Ford · Sale

10 - 27
45'

Substitution

Joe Davis on for Sam Stuart · Newcastle
51'

Try

Tadgh McElroy · Sale

10 - 32
52'

Conversion

George Ford · Sale

10 - 34
52'

Substitution

Richard Palframan on for Murray McCallum · Newcastle
53'

Substitution

WillGriff John on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour · Sale
53'

Substitution

Simon McIntyre on for Bevan Rodd · Sale
55'

Substitution

Arron Reed on for Tom O'Flaherty · Sale
56'

Substitution

Ollie Leatherbarrow on for Philip van der Walt · Newcastle
57'

Substitution

Hyron Andrews on for Jonny Hill · Sale
60'

Substitution

Nye Thomas on for Gus Warr · Sale
60'

Substitution

Sam Dugdale on for Jean-Luc du Preez · Sale
62'

Yellow Card

Simon McIntyre · Sale
63'

Substitution

Louis Brown on for Max Clark · Newcastle
63'

Substitution

Ollie Fletcher on for Jamie Blamire · Newcastle
65'

Substitution

Kieran Wilkinson on for Brett Connon · Newcastle
65'

Substitution

Asher Opoku-Fordjour on for Tom Roebuck · Sale
67'

Try

Joe Carpenter · Sale

10 - 39
70'

Substitution

Mike Rewcastle on for Adam Brocklebank · Newcastle
71'

Substitution

Sam Bedlow on for Robert du Preez · Sale
72'

Yellow Card Complete

Simon McIntyre · Sale
73'

Substitution

Harry Thompson on for Tadgh McElroy · Sale
73'

Substitution

Robert du Preez on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour · Sale
80'

Try

Richard Palframan · Newcastle

15 - 39
Fulltime 15 - 39

Player ratings

Newcastle

15 Elliott Obatoyinbo 6.9
14 Oliver Spencer 5.7
13 Sammy Arnold 5.4
12 Max Clark 6.7
11 Alex Hearle 6.8
10 Brett Connon 6.5
9 Sam Stuart 6.0
1 Adam Brocklebank 6.6
2 Jamie Blamire 5.3
3 Murray McCallum 5.4
4 Philip van der Walt 6.9
5 Kiran McDonald 6.0
6 Freddie Lockwood 6.1
7 Cameron Neild 7.1
8 Callum Chick 5.4
16 Ollie Fletcher 6.5
17 Mike Rewcastle 5.9
18 Richard Palframan 6.6
19 Sebastian de Chaves 6.2
20 Ollie Leatherbarrow 6.6
21 Joe Davis 6.0
22 Kieran Wilkinson 5.6
23 Louis Brown 5.9

Sale

15 Joe Carpenter 8.0
14 Tom Roebuck 7.9
13 Robert du Preez 6.9
12 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White 8.0
11 Tom O'Flaherty 7.4
10 George Ford 7.7
9 Gus Warr 7.5
1 Bevan Rodd 8.6
2 Tadgh McElroy 8.7
3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour 6.5
4 Ben Bamber 6.3
5 Jonny Hill 6.6
6 Ernst van Rhyn 6.0
7 Ben Curry 7.6
8 Jean-Luc du Preez 7.0
16 Harry Thompson –
17 Simon McIntyre 4.9
18 WillGriff John 6.3
19 Hyron Andrews 6.3
20 Sam Dugdale 6.5
21 Nye Thomas 6.2
22 Sam Bedlow –
23 Arron Reed 6.3