Sarries and Sale gear up for showdown at the AJ Bell

Competition for the 2021-22 Premiership heats up as the competition enters its final few rounds. Proceedings this weekend will be initiated at the AJ Bell where Sale Sharks host the formidable unit of Saracens. 

Sale were unable to knock over Bath in the previous round as the match ended with the scores locked up at 24-all: 

Saracens weathered a significant storm of a challenge from Bristol Bears to come away 27-24 victors: 

Saracens are still some way behind Leicester, but are looking good in second place with a total of 64 points. Sale are still attempting to break into the Top 4 and trail Exeter by just 1 point.  

This from Saracens and Wales international Nick Tompkins:

“We didn’t quite click last week but the group hasn’t been together for a while so we learnt a lot and all of our focus is on finishing this block on a high. 

Sale have a wealth of talent and they will be very physical but we feel like we are building some good momentum and want to continue that.”

The last time the teams met was in Round, with Saracens taking the spoils: