Roebuck & Cowan-Dickie score twice in Sale victory

Gallagher Premiership

Sale (14) 31

Tries: Roebuck 2, Warr, Cowan-Dickie 2 Cons: Du Preez 3

Gloucester (8) 27

Tries: Williams 2, Englefield, Llewellyn Cons: Barton 2 Pen: Barton

Tom Roebuck and Luke Cowan-Dickie marked their call-ups to England's training squad earlier on Friday with two tries apiece in Sale Sharks' narrow Premiership home win over Gloucester.

A Tomos Williams try gave Gloucester an early lead but Sharks winger Roebuck expertly gathered a bouncing pass out wide to respond for the home side.

Roebuck then turned provider for Gus Warr to cross under the posts and establish a 14-8 lead at the interval.

Roebuck and Williams swapped tries after the break before Sale hooker Cowan-Dickie touched down twice in the closing stages to secure a bonus-point win.

Caolan Englefield and Max Llewellyn scored for Gloucester in the closing stages to earn two bonus points and create a tense finish, but Sale held on.

The Cherry and Whites' defeat was dampened by the loss of Christian Wade to injury just before half-time.

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, Addison, Bedlow, Reed; Du Preez (capt), Warr; McIntyre, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Bamber, Beaumont, Van Rhyn, Dugdale, Birch.

Replacements: Caine, Onasanya, Harper, Burrow, Roets, Thomas, Curtis, Nayacalevu.

Sin-bin: Carpenter (78).

Gloucester: Barton; Wade, Harris, Atkinson, Llewellyn; Anscombe, Williams (capt); Rapava Ruskin, Blake, Fasogbon, Clarke, Clark, Clement, Taylor, Mercer.

Replacements: Singleton, Vivas, Knight, Alemanno, Ackermann, Tuisue, Englefield, Atkinson.

Referee: Luke Pearce.