 Flood kicked 13 points for the Falcons in their victory |
Newcastle: (11) 33
Tries: May, Mayerhofler, Grindal, Phillips
Cons: Flood 2
Pens: Flood 2
Drops: FloodSale: (5) 12
Tries: Foden, Thomas
Cons: Hodgson Newcastle ran in four tries to outplay Sale and make a promising start to the new Premiership season. The Falcons made the breakthrough late in the half when Tom May's try helped them to a 11-5 interval advantage. Mark Mayerhofler extended their lead early in the second half, although Lee Thomas quickly responded for Sale. Newcastle dominated after that, with tries from James Grindal and Ollie Phillips and a conversion and drop-goal from Toby Flood sealing the points.
Newcastle boss John Fletcher on Toby Flood and Charlie Hodgson, who are in the frame for a call-up to England's World Cup squad:
"On today's performance Toby played better than Charlie." "In the windy conditions anyone could have struggled. We decided not to move it around because of the weather and we managed the wind a lot better than them."
Newcastle: Burke; May, Mayerhofler, Shaw, Phillips; Flood, Grindal; McDonnell, Thompson, Ward, Buist, Sorenson, Parling, Woods, Dowson.
Replacements: Long, D. Wilson, Perry, B. Wilson, Dickson, Jones, Hoyle. Sale: Foden; Mayor, Keil, Thomas, Hanley; Hodgson, Martens; Faure, Briggs, Evans, Schofield, Cox, Lund, Hills, Bonner-Evans.
Replacements: M. Jones, Turner, Day, C. Jones, Wigglesworth, Ripol, Bell. Referee: R Debney (RFU)
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