Sale Sharks upset Harlequins in LV Cup

Sale Sharks secured their first Anglo Welsh LV Cup victory this season when they beat the current Champion Harlequins 26-31 at the Stoop.

Sale ran in four tries past a weakened Harlequins outfit at The Stoop, with Danny Cipriani finishing the narrow win.

Dave Seymour, James Gaskell and Rob Miller were the other scorers in a good away win for Steve Diamond’s side, who had new signing Viliami Fihaki sin-binned on debut.

Harlequins’ points came courtesy of Ben Botica, who scored 21 including four penalties and an early try.

Final Score Harlequins 26 (10) Sale Sharks 31 (17)

Scorers

Harlequins
Tries: Botica, Walker
Cons: Botica 2
Pens: Botica 4
Yellow Card: Wallace

Sale Sharks
Tries: Seymour, Miller, Gaskell, Cipriani
Cons: Macleod 4
Pen: Macleod
Yellow Card: Fihaki

Match Officials
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
Assistant referees: Martin Fox (England), Phil Watters (England)
Timekeeper: Robert Ockenden (England)

Teams

Harlequins: 15 Tom Williams, 14 Charlie Walker, 13 Tom Casson, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Karl Dickson,8 James Chisholm, 7 Luke Wallace (c), 6 Joe Trayfoot, 5 Charlie Matthews, 4 George Merrick, 3 Mark Lambert, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Darryl Marfo.

Replacements: 16 Harry Allen, 17 Nic Mayhew, 18 Will Collier, 19 Tom Guest, 20 Matt Hopper, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Louis Grimoldby, 23 Paul Sackey.

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Will Addison, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Rob Miller, 10 Nick Macleod, 9 Dwayne Peel, 8 Mark Easter, 7 David Seymour, 6 James Gaskell, 5 Michael Patterson, 4 Jonathan Mills, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Tommy Taylor, 1 Eifion Lewis Roberts.

Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Andrei Ostrikov, 20 Viliami Fihaki, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Charlie Ingall