Newcastle Red Bulls 17-3 Sale Sharks: Home side score all points after the break

Newcastle Red Bulls beat Sale Sharks 17-3 at Kingston Park on Friday 23 October in Round 4 of Premiership Rugby. Christian Wade and George McGuigan scored the home side’s tries, and Josh Hodge kicked two conversions and a penalty. Sale’s only points came from a George Ford penalty in the first half.

How the match unfolded

The match kicked off at 7.45pm and the first half produced one score. Ford kicked a penalty for Sale Sharks in the 22nd minute to make it 0-3, and that was the score at half-time.

Newcastle Red Bulls took the lead in the 49th minute when Wade scored a try. Hodge added the conversion, which made it 7-3. In the 62nd minute Hodge kicked a penalty to extend the lead to 10-3.

McGuigan scored Newcastle’s second try in the 65th minute, taking the score to 15-3. Hodge converted in the 66th minute to make it 17-3. Sale did not score in the second half, and the score did not change after that conversion.

Key stats

Newcastle Red Bulls scored two tries to none for Sale Sharks, and both were converted. Each side kicked one penalty goal. The home side finished with 52 per cent of possession and Sale with 48 per cent.

There were no yellow cards or red cards in the match, so neither side played with fewer than 15 players at any point because of a disciplinary sanction.