Sharks triumph in Bristol

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But they have a gruelling schedule ahead of them as they face Wasps on Tuesday evening and then host Newcastle next Sunday.

The second half saw four tries, with three from the Sharks, as Bristol suffered their third successive league defeat but they kept battling away to the end and secured a late loosing bonus point.

The visitors dominated the early play but were unable to breach the Bristol line and when the home side finally got within touching distance of the Sale line they encountered similar resistance.

The game remained scoreless at half time - only the fourth time since the the Premiership started in 1997.

Bristol were awarded a penalty which Ed Barnes slotted between the uprights only for Sale to reply immediately from a ruck with scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth feeding centre Elvis Seveali'i.

He set lock Sean Cox away of a 15-metre dash to the line, with Charlie Hodgson adding the conversion from out wide.

Bristol briefly regained the lead as Barnes had the ball knocked out of his hands. Centre Neil Brew tidied up and fended off full-back Ben Foden to touch down, with Barnes converting.

But Sale again replied quickly with Foden side-stepping his way to the line for Hodgson to add the simple conversion. Hodgson then slotted a drop goal between the uprights before converting the touchdown of Chris Jones.

Bristol scored a late try through Samoan wing Lemi which replacement fly-half Jason Strange converted to complete the scoring.