Saracens 10-20 Sale: Sharks book play-off spot

Sale secured their play-off place with as they earned a rare away victory at Saracens to end the regular season with five straight wins.

Marco Riccione's close-range try cut the deficit, but it proved too little, too late as a first home defeat since December saw Sarries drop two places to fourth and lose home advantage for the play-off semi-finals. Sale, meanwhile, knew defeat - at a ground where they had lost 11 of 12 previous visits - combined with victories for any of the three sides below them, would cost them their place.

A stop-start, edgy opening 20 minutes betrayed what was at stake for both sides, with Sarries - who lostThe visitors lost Manu Tuilagi to a knock after just 17 minutes in an attritional, physical encounter, but struck first when Roebuck’s step inside outfoxed the home defence and gave him a clear run under the posts.

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