Sale Sharks 13-11 Gloucester Rugby - Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Round 5 | 08-10-11

Duration 01:28 min - 20 May 2012

Sale Sharks 13 v 11 Gloucester Rugby 8th October 2011 15:00 AVIVA Premiership Rugby Seymour sets Sale on path to another win Sale held off a spirited fightback from Gloucester to claim their fourth win from six Aviva Premiership Rugby outings after edging a hard-fought encounter 13-11 at a rain-soaked Edgeley Park. Sharks skipper David Seymour crashed over the line in the first half and a conversion and a penalty from fly-half Nick MacLeod helped the hosts into a 10-0 half-time lead. But two penalties from Tim Taylor got Gloucester off the mark after the restart and a late try from centre Henry Trinder, which Taylor failed to convert, set up a grandstand finish. Sale scrum-half Dwayne Peel, who has enjoyed a fine start to the season after being overlooked by Warren Gatland for Wales' World Cup squad, was ruled out due to a shoulder injury. His place went to former Leeds scrum-half Scott Mathie, but Gloucester made a vibrant start to force Sale back into their own 22. The visitors' backline is renowned for its pace and willingness to run the ball at every opportunity, but Gloucester's pack were also prominent in the opening exchanges. The hosts were afforded the chance to get off the mark in the fifth minute, but MacLeod saw a penalty from inside his own half fall just short. Nevertheless, the pendulum soon swung in Sale's favour and a superb kick from wing Joaquin Tuculet gave them the field position to pressure Gloucester's line. That pressure told in the 15th minute ...