Rugby: Sweet revenge for Leinster

Sale 16 Leinster 23

Sale let slip a 13-3 lead in an end-to-end encounter to undo the good work from their win at Lansdowne Road, after crucially losing fly-half Charlie Hodgson with a knee injury.

Hodgson, drop-goal hero of last week’s 23-22 win in Dublin and plagued by knee problems for the last 12 months, struggled after picking up a knock early in the game and bravely battled on until the 35th minute when he was replaced by Braam van Straaten.