Leicester have now won their last four encounters with Sale
Sale 13-34 Leicester
Sale (13) 13
Tries: Brady Cons: MacLeod Pens: MacLeod 2
Leicester (3) 34
Tries: Tuilagi, Castrogiovanni, Flood, Ayerza Cons: Flood 4 Pens: Flood 2
Leicester denticulate 31 changing credibility in a appalling second-half improvement to defended a abundant bare bonus-point Premiership achievement at Sale.
Toby Flood's aboriginal amends put the Tigers in foreground afore Nick MacLeod hit two penalties and adapted Tom Brady's try in an error-strewn aboriginal half.
Tries by Alesana Tuilagi and Martin Castrogiovanni put the Tigers ahead, both array adapted by Flood.
Flood and Marcos Ayerza afresh beyond to defended Leicester their additional win.
The aftereffect takes the seven-times Premiership champions up to ninth in the table.
The Tigers' set section was ascendant throughout the bout but the aboriginal bisected was belligerent and error-strewn afore the visitors came animate afterwards the break.
Flood's 10th-minute amends was just accolade for his side's aboriginal ascendancy but Geordan Murphy about gave a try abroad if he dawdled with a bouncing brawl on the try line, alone for Brady to beating on as he went over.
Dwayne Peel helped Sale plan their way into the bold and although Leicester were adequate acceptable control their absent-minded errors put them beneath causeless pressure.
Two accelerated MacLeod penalties put the Sharks advanced afore Brady got his try in the 36th minute as Tigers switched off for MacLeod's tap and go. Sale's stand-off adapted the try for a 10-point advance at the break.
Leicester emerged for the additional bisected with purpose and, afterwards Flood booted an simple penalty, a archetypal catch-and-drive angry in Sale's defenders to acquiesce Tuilagi to bank in beneath the posts.
The Tigers' above line-out anon paid assets afresh if Castrogiovanni burrowed over and the Italy all-embracing was aswell active in Flood's try beneath the posts. Both array were adapted by the England amount 10.
Ayerza ensured the benefit point if he wrestled his way over afterwards addition superb line-out abduct by Tom Croft.
POST-MATCH VIEWS
Sale controlling administrator of action Steve Diamond:
"I anticipate afterwards 10 account of the additional bisected we realised area we are at.
"We had no brawl and the burden told. Against a ancillary like Leicester you can't compete.
"Our set-piece let us down, they denticulate from two active mauls 5 metres out and our scrum didn't attending actual abiding for a lot of of the game.
"We've got a lot to plan on and we got accomplished a assignment today, but that's how you learn."
Leicester administrator of rugby Richard Cockerill:
"We've had a bit of stick beyond the lath about aggregate in the accomplished six or seven weeks, but we've ashore to our accoutrements and we've formed through it and believed in the being we do.
"Tonight we got accepted right, but it's one win and there's a continued way to go.
"We've got London Irish next week, who are a actual acceptable side, and we charge to be added authentic in assertive locations of our bold because in added amateur you will get punished and not balance from that."
LINE-UPS
Sale: Miller; Brady, Leota, Tuitupou (capt), Cueto; MacLeod, Peel; Cobilas, Jones, Thomas; Lewaravu, Myall; Gaskell, Seymour, Vernon.
Replacements: Addison for Brady (72), Cliff for Peel (62), Imiolek for Cobilas (71), Ward for Jones (51), Buckley for Thomas (57), Powell for Lewaravu (51).
Leicester: Murphy (capt); Hamilton, Agulla, Smith, A Tuilagi; Flood, Harrison; Ayerza, Chuter, Cole; Skivington, Parling; Croft, Salvi, Waldrom.
Replacements: Morris for Murphy (73), Staunton for Flood (73), Grindal for Harrison (62), Stankovich for Ayerza (71), T. Youngs for Chuter (65), Castrogiovanni for Cole (55), Slater for Skivington (64), Mafi for Croft (71).
Att: 8,673.
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