Sale managed to stay more-or-less in touch until about five minutes into the second half when Bristol’s superior speed and accuracy started to tell and they pulled away with a couple of quick strikes.
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Despite the score, I see continued signs of improvement in the Sale Sharks women’s team. Sale were definitely the better team in the first half and it was only later on, into the second half, that Quins’ greater experience started to show as they took the game away from Sale with some well-worked tries.
Even so, Sale never gave up and their third try with the last play of the game was no consolation prize but a genuine reward for hard work and never giving up.
They deserve the opportunity to continue their progress into next season.
This was a difficult one to watch.
Overheard in the bowels of the RFU:
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Despite a spirited showing by Sale, Exeter were just too strong. They are expected to be in title contention come the end of the season and, on this showing, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
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I was there, you know. Up in the gods at HQ, about a mile from the pitch when George sent the ball back inside from the left wing, fell over and didn’t get back up.
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Corpaq Stadium, Heywood Road, Sale
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Sale still struggle to live up to the potential of their players. They don’t yet have the easy cohesiveness of the more experienced teams, so sometimes end up, as today, on the end of a scoreline that doesn’t really do them justice.
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It may not seem it from the scoreline, but this was one of the best performances I’ve seen from the Sharks women.
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