Thompstone news mars Exiles success

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Thompstone, who recently hinted at his quality with a hat-trick against Leeds, suffered the injury in the early stages of the first half at Edgeley Park.

Booth said: "We'll get an update pretty soon but it doesn't look good to be honest."

Sailosi Tagicakibau's sixth try of the season set Irish on their way to victory in the 37th minute, the Samoan flier touching down in the left corner after a brilliant break from former Sale centre Elvis Seveali'i.

Tagicakibau's try had helped Irish into a 11-5 lead after a first half in which Sale battled gamely and briefly led when Welsh prop Eifion Roberts touched down in the 30th minute.

A penalty from Sale's stand-in fly-half Nick Macleod cut the gap to three points shortly after the restart but Irish - again expertly guided around the field by scrum-half Paul Hodgson - held out with relative comfort for their fourth win in five games.

Genuine tryscoring opportunities were scarce for both sides in the second half but Irish were forced to hold on in the closing stages after replacement Peter Richards was sent off following a clash with Neil Briggs.

Booth added: "We were sloppy. I think the conditions dictated it and everyone knows we have done some wet weather training to prepare for these sort of conditions.

"We'll have to be a lot better going forward because on nights like this you need to be a lot more clinical."

Booth paid tribute to in-form Tagicakibau, adding: "That's six tries now and he's getting special attention from teams because they know how dangerous he is. But we've got threats all over the field."