Sale v Bristol Sat 1pm

[fivepointer]

Sale Sharks: 15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Sam James, 12. Sam Hill, 11. Byron McGuigan, 10. Robert du Preez, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Nick Schonert, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Josh Beaumont, 6. JL du Preez, 7. Jono Ross ©, 8. Daniel du Preez

Replacements: 16. Tommy Taylor, 17. Simon McIntyre, 18. Joe Jones, 19. Rouban Birch, 20. Sam Dugdale, 21. Joe Simpson, 22. Kieran Wilkinson, 23. Arron Reed.

Bristol Bears: 15. Charles Piutau (69 apps), 14. Luke Morahan (106 apps), 13. Piers O’Conor (116 apps), 12. Sam Bedlow (56 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (2 apps), 10. Callum Sheedy (141 apps), 9. Will Porter (3 apps); 1. Jake Woolmore (117 apps), 2. Bryan Byrne (38 apps), 3. Max Lahiff (50 apps), 4. Joe Batley (25 apps), 5. Chris Vui (100 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (c) (99 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (37 apps), 8. Magnus Bradbury (8 apps).

Replacements: 16. Harry Thacker (83 apps), 17. Aristot Benz-Salomon (2 apps), 18. Jay Tyack (3 apps), 19. John Hawkins (43 apps), 20. Jake Heenan (77 apps), 21. Andy Uren (143 apps), 22. AJ MacGinty (8 apps), 23. Joe Jenkins (3 apps).

[Puja]

You'd generally pick Sale every day of the week for this one, but Bristol have had a chance to get some of their injured bodies back and have a break to get themselves together (and put away the South Africa A side). Could be a close game.

Good to see faith kept with Ibitoye. Interested to see how he goes.

Puja

[FKAS]

The props and some of the replacement forwards for Bristol aren't the strongest. They are going to need to play out of their skin or it could be a long day for them. Get parity and the Bristol back line could fire up and cause Sale some problems.

[Banquo]

Fitz Harding at openside is......interesting.

[chris18501]

Fitz Harding at openside is......interesting.

As is Jono Ross!

[Banquo]

Fitz Harding at openside is......interesting.

As is Jono Ross!

very true! Is Ben Curry crocked?

[fivepointer]

Did enjoys Bristol's 1st try. A neatly executed fan that was a staple of many training sessions! The game had its moments but Bris were negligent in not making the most of the positions they got into.

[16th man]

Don't know what the accepted Rugby version of "Village" is, but that Bristol 2nd try is quite something.