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00:00Can somehow pull out a victory today. Normally, of course, this is the point in the season, Oz, when Sale
00:04get moving.
00:06That late surge for the top four, but I think only a wild optimist or someone with slight delusion would
00:13accept that that's even a possibility.
00:15Even mathematically now, it becomes very difficult for them, even if they went on to win all the remaining of
00:19the games with bonus points.
00:20But I do sense that now Sale's season is starting. It has to start today.
00:25These players will be all trying to play and perform to get in a position to play next week in
00:31what is ultimately their season now.
00:34Instructive to see Ford launching the first kick of the game, low along the ground, skidding along this slippery surface.
00:42A lot of rain about, some biting strong wind as well.
00:48It's very interesting to see Carr-Smith kick that straight off the field.
00:53No thought of keeping it on and competing, getting it back. Just want field position.
00:58Djiboulou's been put in the midfield for an early carry.
01:01There's Marcy White to start with.
01:03Raffi Quirk fires it away.
01:05Dupriya for Ford.
01:07Nice hands from Roe Bucko.
01:08Flaherty marshalled well by Tom de Glanville.
01:11It's a great shot on Ford from Hennessy just as he released that.
01:15He's letting him know he's there if he tries coming all the way to the line to deliver one of
01:21those incisive passes.
01:25Good defence from Bath.
01:29Djiboulou, as Austin pointed out, him and Marcy White running down the same channel at the same defender.
01:36It's a hard option.
01:39All claims.
01:42Ross Maloney.
01:44Sale looking to at least slow up the possession for Tom Carr-Smith.
01:50Three in the backfield for the Sharks here.
01:53And Tom O'Flaherty running onto this.
01:56He was a late inclusion.
01:57Aaron Reid withdrawing late.
01:59O'Flaherty put onto the wing.
02:03Alex Wills covering the back three on the bench.
02:08Up she goes from Ford.
02:10De Glanville eyes heavenwards.
02:22First here from Scott Kirk.
02:25Just a second premiership start for the loose head.
02:2921 years old.
02:34Carr-Smith's box kick held in the breeze.
02:38And ultimately knocked on by the Sharks.
02:41Her first scrum of the game.
02:42Oz.
02:43Just looking at Bath over the previous weeks.
02:45Where they're very, very strong is how they bounce out defensively.
02:48They're actually short of numbers here.
02:50But watch what these three players do.
02:52They hold their position and then they all shift to the side.
02:55They bounce out, stay connected, stay connected.
02:57So you look at that connectivity there defensively.
02:59It's really strong.
03:01It makes it very difficult to break them, particularly in the wide channels, which is where Saylor good notoriously with.
03:07Obviously Ford distributing the ball into De Pria.
03:10So that guy there has got them really ticking defensively out wide.
03:15Very, very hard to break them down.
03:17You're much better off going third defender like we saw with Sarri's in the first 15 minutes last week.
03:21Just looking at these two, be a fascinating battle.
03:25A lot of plaudits for Billy Seller and what he might achieve up against the experience of Bevan Rod.
03:34But Luke Pearce doesn't like what's happening on the other side.
03:40Harper up against Kirk, just using his head, not setting properly.
03:45And an easy field position gain for Bartha.
03:49That ball holding up again badly in the wind.
03:54Really clear illustration of the elements out there.
03:58All driven on again by Maloney.
04:01Djiboulou gives up the penalty.
04:03Not quick enough in rolling away.
04:07Bartha come forwards through Ted Hill.
04:10Frost.
04:10First, Carreras drops.
04:14And they'll have that penalty.
04:16First penalty of the game.
04:20It's a decent shot, isn't it, by Djiboulou to begin with.
04:24Does he try and roll away?
04:26I think Thunrein almost traps him in, doesn't he?
04:30Make the shot together, he can't roll away quickly enough because he's got his own player lying on top of
04:34him.
04:38So Carreras takes Bartha inside the sale 22.
04:45It's going to be really interesting to see how they use Nathan Djiboulou today.
04:49Heard Alex Anderson talking about the requirement to get him on the ball as often as possible.
04:55They've got some pretty heavy ball carriers in their ranks, but he put Djiboulou right at the top of them.
05:02First blast of the afternoon for the birthday boy, Louis Hennessy.
05:06And the inside channel approach, coughed up in contact by Ted Hill, and taken away by Marcy White of Sale.
05:15Okay, use it, please.
05:17Your advantage for the knock.
05:22Bevan Rod.
05:25Off the bench for England in Paris.
05:27Yeah, no, no, no, no.
05:29Nice work.
05:29Okay, use it, please.
05:32Still a scrum advantage.
05:36Quirk.
05:37Advantage over.
05:38Commanding at nine shirt at the moment.
05:41For Sale.
05:42Here's Thokina Singer.
05:44Trying to go route one.
05:50Carreras.
05:52Tricky one.
05:54Awkward bounce.
05:55Watched carefully by Carpenter.
05:57Got it away to Ford.
05:58Here's Marcy White.
06:00Late tackle coming in from Will Jeans on George Ford.
06:04That's a late tackle on Ford.
06:06Imagine that both want to get to him.
06:08And this is great detail.
06:10Watch the line-out dummy drive here.
06:11And what that does is hold all those sailed defenders at the back of the line-out, which means they
06:16can get a one-on-one into George Ford.
06:20Just those little details of making sure those tail gunners can't get off the line-out, go and protect their
06:25tent.
06:26And then a little bit over-enthusiastic with the late tackle on George Ford.
06:32Try and get him rattled.
06:33That's the second big hit on George Ford.
06:35Now he keeps bouncing up.
06:37But yeah, that's two or three steps.
06:40You probably get one step before the hit.
06:42Otherwise the referee's going to say you weren't committed.
06:51Good pressure here in terms of territory.
06:54It was an excellent kick downfield to give them this position.
06:58But Barth have secured the ball and they now use Will Jeans.
07:07Such good play by Redpath, this.
07:09As they try the set-up play before, are they going to go?
07:11There's a set-up play.
07:13Earlier, Malcy White carries.
07:14This time he distributes, but Redpath reads it.
07:16Gets his arm in the channel.
07:18Very good defence, that.
07:24So many good options in the midfield for Barth.
07:27It was just a little bit laboured, though, from Sale, wasn't it?
07:31Neither of them were at full pace.
07:33There was no commitment to the pass.
07:36Stay on your mark.
07:38That's fine.
07:39But if you come across the gap, it's a free kick.
07:45It's actually a big day for Dan Frost, isn't it?
07:47I think when he moved to Barth,
07:49he probably thought he was going to be moving to be the first choice.
07:52And it hasn't really transpired like that.
07:54He's an excellent player, full of energy around the field.
07:57He's going to want to get his hands on the ball as much as possible.
07:59Carrera sweeping to the right and jamming it forwards.
08:03Hennessey on the march.
08:05More claim by Sale, but he was in a very awkward position.
08:09Away from the base from Rafi Kwork.
08:13Hussie White to the boot.
08:18Kept alive and then stolen back by Kwork and then in the hands of de Glanville.
08:25Jeans again in the carry.
08:37Hennessey swings it wider.
08:39Muir, bit of footwork, drives through the gain line.
08:42Swallowed up in the tackle by Rob Duprier.
08:44Carr Smith sees space in behind.
08:47George Ford on his own.
08:48Good chase from Carreras and Thokinus Singer.
08:50Seemingly nowhere to go.
08:52And enough blue shirts arriving.
08:55Some of them at a slightly questionable angle.
08:58George Ford's done a brilliant job of pausing time there
09:02to allow the Sale players to get back.
09:04There were white shirts everywhere, no one in blue.
09:07And he just bought enough time for them to come back.
09:16It's a nice kick, wasn't it?
09:18Puts a lot of pressure on him as well.
09:20Like you said, looks at the pass and then steps one,
09:24steps to the inside and just buys a couple of seconds for the clear out.
09:28But it's there, O'Flaherty coming in from the left-hand side.
09:31Like you're saying, it's slightly questionable.
09:33Sanderson will be fuming with his forwards.
09:35They all just turned and jogged back.
09:38Ford at the back there on his own.
09:39Fortunately, Carpenter got to him.
09:42Stadden providing line-out possession.
09:49Carreras.
09:50Bath playing with an advantage.
09:53Tom Robuck has straight offside.
09:56Here is Redpath.
09:57De Glanville looks to go over the top.
09:59Was that forwards?
10:00It was.
10:01Back to the forward.
10:02Back we come.
10:03Offside.
10:0514.
10:07A couple of penalties conceded in a similar sort of area of the field.
10:12Well, he's not offside there, is he?
10:14Or is he offside on this occasion?
10:16Yeah.
10:17Yeah.
10:18Yeah, the cut of the grass gives it away.
10:19I mean, a couple of occasions in the England shirt, he got caught very far out the line, didn't he?
10:24Thinking of the France tries that we conceded.
10:27A couple of the early ones in Scotland.
10:30It's difficult when you play one defensive pattern and then you come back and have to play at your club.
10:34And it's just, you have to modify it.
10:38Particularly out wide.
10:39People think playing on the wing is easy.
10:41It's not.
10:41It's a really tough defensive position.
10:43You've got so many things to consider.
10:49Spoken about his happiness of being back in club ranks.
10:52This is actually his first appearance in the blue of the Sales Sharks for five months for Tom Roebuck.
10:59Here they come through Frost.
11:03Bath trying to create the momentum, but the ball has been stolen.
11:08Taken in by Dugdale.
11:10Okay, use it, please.
11:13Ford.
11:15Gives it some.
11:17They were pretty accurate in the red zone last week.
11:20Bath, not so much today.
11:22Just a stray boot.
11:23The carry's really good from Frost.
11:26Drops inside as Djiboulou comes in for the big help hit.
11:30Gives them momentum and then just watch the boot here.
11:32On the floor.
11:34Just knock it out there.
11:35Come on, let's just play.
11:35Come on.
11:40Plus one.
11:42Okay, nine, stay ten.
11:43Good to see Luke Pearce.
11:45Getting a bit of a move on here.
11:48So often we see endless delay ahead of the line out.
11:52Input.
11:54Second ball attempt from Bath where they've just set it a little bit too high.
11:57They've got a nice twist movement.
11:59Lost some of the Sale players out of the back.
12:01But Bambas done a brilliant job on Frost of staying in.
12:05Stay away, stay away.
12:06Red path.
12:08Good leg drive.
12:10Go, go, go, go.
12:10Up towards the 22.
12:11Carl Smith after it.
12:14And Sale penalised again for not rolling.
12:19And a word.
12:214-1 penalty count.
12:22And three there against this man.
12:24Okay.
12:25I wonder if they'd be tempted here to take the three.
12:28Don't jackal.
12:28I can play through.
12:29He does jackal.
12:30He's in the road.
12:32Three penalties out of four against number seven.
12:34Better, please.
12:36Sorry, Nathan Jaboulou's had his card marked.
12:40The first of those penalties was where he got trapped in by Ernst & Rain.
12:45This one here, it's a good jackal attempt from Bevan Rod.
12:51The referee just prejudges the runways blocked by Jaboulou, not rolling away quickly enough.
12:57It's a little bit hard, isn't it?
12:59If he lets go, the guy gets back to his feet and carries on.
13:02But he now has to take that information that his card has been marked.
13:06It'll be squeaky clean for the next 10, 15 minutes or so.
13:09Big chance here for Bath.
13:11Ethan Stadden heading to Bristol next season, but here allowing for Bath to set their drive.
13:24Sale have done a decent job ushering them towards the touchline.
13:27Carl Smith to Hennessy.
13:29Powerful surge.
13:31And forwards.
13:33Good defensive work from Sale.
13:38Their line-out drives.
13:40Defence from Sale has been really, really good.
13:43Twice now.
13:44That's not my problem.
13:44They've completely stopped Bath at source.
13:46If it says he don't know, start us full.
13:48And that takes away that weapon now that you know that Santi Carreras is going to be going
13:52to his forward pack and saying, no more line-out drives, that's not working, give it to us.
13:57I know the weather's not great, but one of those gets a foothold early on and it becomes
14:02a tool that they keep going back to.
14:05Puts pressure on the opposition.
14:06That's the mark.
14:07They'll be delighted with their defence so far.
14:10Left of the pitch.
14:11Left of the pitch.
14:13Left of the pitch.
14:14Left of the pitch.
14:16Left of the pitch.
14:17Here we go.
14:18Free kick.
14:19Not left of the mark.
14:23Dan, come on.
14:27Luke Pearce isn't standing for any nonsense today.
14:36With one swing of the forward boot, wind behind him, they move a full 50 metres upfield.
14:42That's huge.
14:43Huge wind behind them, which means he'll want to give you a start.
14:46Get him some points, obviously.
14:47He'll want to start getting some points on the board, but it's super strong down there.
14:54He just lifted that kick, didn't he?
14:56I don't know whether George Ford will start considering his drop goals.
14:59We know he's the 10 that is probably most proficient in taking those easy points,
15:05but if they're not getting any penalty opportunities, he might go to the boot early on.
15:11Carreras testing out Carpenter, but it's Thokinasinghe's ball, and he feeds to Glanville.
15:16Hennessy sets off in hot pursuit, back comes Roebuck, no option but to drop on it.
15:22Worked out perfectly for Bath.
15:24What a take this is from Thokinasinghe, and then the skill to get the pass away and the power.
15:30Like you said, the hang time of the win just makes the ball come back towards him, so it does
15:34benefit him.
15:35It's a really good take and the offload.
15:37And then the kick from de Glanville just adds to the pressure.
15:42I don't think Roebuck could have done anything more here.
15:46Oh, he had no options, did he?
15:47No option, no, he can't wait, he can't afford one more bounce.
15:51And to carry it over, so that allows Bath possession from the scrum, five metres out, good options.
16:01Only had one scrum, and it was free-kicked on the engagement, so...
16:06Crouch!
16:08No real superiority to talk of here.
16:11Guys!
16:13Set!
16:15Oh!
16:17Oh no!
16:18Oh no!
16:20Oh no!
16:20OK, use it!
16:22Let's go, Vinny, let's go!
16:23Carl Smith feeds Redpath inside ball for Fokinasinghe, who's driven over the line, but held very effectively.
16:32He poured this really well, they're definitely targeting him with that.
16:35Thank you, thank you, Luke.
16:36Ball back on the inside, gets off the line quickly, and then they're trying to run Fokinasinghe
16:43straight over the top of George Ford, but he gets back on the ball, and Rafi Quirk does
16:47an equally good job of stopping the momentum, really strong Rafi Quirk.
16:51You know that George Ford just hasn't got the power or size to stop a runner like Fokinasinghe.
16:56He will tackle him, but he won't necessarily, he'll always concede meters, so Quirk is a little
17:02bit stronger coming in and adding that help, and Ford doing a great job of wrapping up the
17:06ball.
17:06It was a lovely combination of nine and ten defensively, wasn't it?
17:12Bath rebuilding on halfway, Redpath.
17:15Carreras waiting for the run from Ted Hill, who extends long.
17:22Pushed through by Karsmith, Carpenter.
17:27Missed too much of the season for his liking.
17:30Eleven weeks out in this campaign, and Bath working hard over the ball, securing the turnover.
17:39Really good knowledge of how the man on the floor is refereed by de Glanville there.
17:45As soon as you go into that squeeze position with the ball under your chest, you don't have
17:49to make an attempt to lift the ball.
17:51You just have to show that you're wrapping the torso and trying to get to it.
17:55And as a result, he does that very, very early wraps, and then he's actually holding the
18:02person in the squeeze position.
18:04There he is, ball underneath him.
18:06Wraps his arms around, keeps the ball held in there, doesn't have to rip it away.
18:10Number two is two.
18:11And he gets rewarded.
18:13No contest.
18:13Again, it's Stadden's ball at the line-out.
18:16And in goes Frost to Ganner.
18:19Trying to get a view as to what might be on offer here.
18:22Karsmith waits.
18:23Locking a singer poised.
18:25In behind Redpath.
18:27Good drive from Redpath.
18:30Sets it up.
18:31Karsmith, delay on the ball, and over they go for this.
18:33The score.
18:34It's Dan Frost's try.
18:36All fine live beat.
18:38And Bath, after a lot of pressure and an awful lot of territory, have finally converted.
18:44Well, the finish between Karsmith and Frost is absolutely brilliant.
18:49It's a timing thing, isn't it?
18:50Yeah.
18:50They get the momentum.
18:52They all wrap round.
18:55Lots of options to come round the corner.
18:57There's the initial carry.
18:58Steps out.
19:00Ford's asking for a little bit of help.
19:02And then just that delay holds Sam Dugdale.
19:08Watch Karsmith here.
19:09He picks.
19:11Sticks Sam Dugdale down onto his heels.
19:14And then that creates the one-on-one.
19:15And it's really good awareness from Frost that Ford's going to be coming from his left.
19:19So he just has to pirouette on him and he'll go into a free shot over the line.
19:24You picked it earlier, Ben, actually.
19:26I think this is all about energy, this game.
19:29And if you watch the forwards of Sale, they haven't got it.
19:32They don't bounce to their feet.
19:33Look, there's eight guys on that short side there that are at least five meters away from where they could
19:38be.
19:38And if they've got more energy, they get to that point.
19:41And then Ford's not left making this one-on-one tackle, which is impossible.
19:44He can't stop a try from there.
19:46So how can Frost get there, but his opposite number can't?
19:49It's a big question based on energy.
19:51And Pat is going to throw the hair dryer at those guys at half-time.
19:56Alex even.
19:57Alex as well.
19:58Well, Pat's down there.
19:58He brings him down for the big decisions.
20:00Pat owns the hair dryer.
20:02Yeah, it's his.
20:03It's a family hair dryer.
20:04Shared hair dryer.
20:05Sorry, I should have stated.
20:06I thought people just knew it was a family hair dryer.
20:08He doesn't need a hair dryer.
20:10Pat does.
20:10That's why Pat's got it.
20:12So he phones Pat and he says,
20:14Pat, I haven't got a hair dryer, but I want to throw one.
20:17Can you come down and help me throw it?
20:18Okay.
20:19Well, enough.
20:20I shouldn't have to explain myself out.
20:25There are what you might call animated discussions between Alex Anderson and Warren Sprague.
20:32Plenty to impart.
20:33In five.
20:34Some more.
20:35Bamba leaps highest.
20:37They try to work the drive.
20:39It's much better.
20:40Just need a little bit.
20:43Lowering the height at the front just to keep the squeeze on.
20:45Raffi Quirk goes in to take it, but the big hand comes over the top, I think, from Ted Hill.
20:51Ford had to check his run.
20:53Roebuck sends it on its way.
20:55Carpenter dragged down to the ground.
20:57Strong work from Flockner Singer defensively.
21:00Quirk caught in two minds and then accelerates.
21:07That's where his physicality can replace his decision-making.
21:12Dupriot.
21:15Enjoying some open space in front of him.
21:18Has to go in to assist with the clear out, but it's been bungled.
21:22And it's there for Wilmuir of Bath.
21:25It's on here if they can get the ball wide to Carreras.
21:28Look how tight Sailor are around the breakdown.
21:31All the forwards just walking again.
21:33Don't hold him.
21:34Don't hold him.
21:36Don't hold him.
21:38Don't hold him.
21:38Do it again.
21:39It's a penalty.
21:40That's more the warning from Luke Pearce, our referee.
21:44Once again, the box kick not making the distance that Carr-Smith was hoping for because of the breeze.
21:50Here's Billy Sela.
21:51Onside, please.
21:56Use it.
22:01He's having to work really hard to drive it forwards.
22:04Great contest.
22:05Bath four, bath four.
22:07He doesn't have to move.
22:09Doesn't get up as much height, but just so strong with his grip.
22:14Use it again, please.
22:18Nine, let's go.
22:22Three box kicks in a row.
22:24Again, not able to drive the boot through the ball.
22:29Tom Carr-Smith, so they haven't really made any ground.
22:32They do, however, have possession.
22:36Carreras sticks it out on the full.
22:41I didn't see it.
22:42Rare error from the Puma.
22:45So if the replay clearly shows it touched the hand, Pete.
22:47Afforded a little bit of time.
22:48Nothing clear alive.
22:49At fly half.
22:51Obviously the shirt invariably worn by Finn Russell, but you wonder if long term maybe
22:57Santa Carreras is the man who will be wearing that shirt for many years to come.
23:03I think you keep Finn at all costs, don't you, if you can.
23:06But absolutely.
23:07I mean, they're blessed with two unbelievably talented tens, aren't they?
23:11But I'm just watching the wind, Ali.
23:13And you may think that Bath are winning the aerial battle, but they are.
23:16But the wind's really helping them.
23:17Because when you put a kick in behind, because the wind's coming back so strongly,
23:21it moves the ball back about two or three metres towards the chaser.
23:25Which means as the jumper you're having to reach long to get the ball,
23:28because it's the angle of it into the drop zone is going away from you.
23:32So if you're a chasing kicker into the wind, it's significantly easier.
23:35So it's a line out to sail.
23:36Also it's the forwards, you stand up from that breakdown.
23:38And you sort of try, I know you can't run an escort line, but you sort of try to run
23:42blocking.
23:43But you've probably lost track of the ball.
23:45You haven't seen the kick.
23:46You've had your head down into the breakdown.
23:48So you've got no idea where it is.
23:50You're actually getting the way of the guy coming forward.
23:55Amber's hand on that, but free kick.
23:58Quirk wanted it fast.
24:01Sorry, lads.
24:03Boys, I don't make the laws.
24:04This is on the 15, not four metres in.
24:08Four to Funrain.
24:11Get out, get out, Trezzy!
24:13Have inside!
24:15For Muley.
24:20Rob Duprier.
24:24Quirk back in the other direction.
24:26Bevan Rod on a good angle.
24:28Advantage, knock on from Bath.
24:30Surprise possession arriving a little faster than Quirk would have liked.
24:33Okay, in my view, but knocked on by eight.
24:35Forwards from Myles Reid.
24:37So, a shark scrum.
24:40The four on the floor.
24:43I just wonder whether...
24:44Time off, please.
24:46George Ford might want to be thinking about getting this right down into the corner now and just applying the
24:50procession with the wind in their back.
24:51We've seen how difficult it is for Bath to kick out.
24:55It's a balance, mate, as you know.
24:57You stay in this middle part of the field, you're playing into their hands of using that wind to blow
25:03it back towards their chasers.
25:04So, maybe take it down into the 22 so that they have to try and kick a bit longer and
25:10they're going to struggle.
25:14Sorry, don't forget we've got an awful lot of FA Cup action to bring you across Easter weekend on TNT
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26:28Good, it's launched.
26:29Yeah.
26:29Okay, time off.
26:30Consider that done.
26:32Yeah.
26:32Ships have a bottle of champagne.
26:33We had 15 martinis.
26:39Thursday was a write-off.
26:46So, possession and territory all going the way of the visiting side.
26:52It's what you want when you're into a strong win.
26:54Keep possession, keep the ball.
26:55But to do that, you've got to have go forward.
26:58Bath have had that so far.
27:00Big moment in the game, that.
27:02Yeah.
27:02First real scrum that they've been able to attack.
27:05We mentioned that battle between Bevan Rod and Zeller.
27:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:11Beaten on retreat.
27:14Now George Ford can hit this into the corner, but the bonus is they'll get the throw in.
27:22Yep.
27:23Deep inside the 22.
27:26Would have liked it a bit deeper, wouldn't he?
27:28But with the wind so strong at your back, how much did you bite off?
27:32I thought he'd probably start at the guy in the yellow jacket in the exit to the stand and let
27:36the wind just bring it in.
27:38But didn't take that much off it.
27:42That's what you do is if you kick into touch, you pick out someone in the stand as if you
27:46were just practicing with them.
27:47He's hard to miss.
27:48Number seven, two meters.
27:52So what can Kawandiki do from here?
27:55What can Sale do from here?
27:56They can start with the drive.
28:0112 meters out.
28:05Quietly creeping forwards and now releasing forward and Carpenter.
28:09Trying to massage the defense and in comes the tackle from Thokina Singer.
28:13Now was the arm outstretched?
28:17It was.
28:18No, no, no, no.
28:19In a deliberate fashion.
28:20Yellow card for Thokina Singer.
28:22Bath down to 14 men.
28:24It's a penalty in yellow clear in my head.
28:26There wasn't going to be a penalty try, was there?
28:29There was cover there, there was cover there, yeah.
28:32He did really well to get in front of him, Thokina Singer, but then he just couldn't resist putting his
28:38hand in the cookie jar and stopping the pass.
28:42Because he's actually out of position, does really well to not only get straight, but get across, but also to
28:50turn his hips down the field, but then just can't resist.
29:01Ford probably got away with that slightly.
29:04It's not a penalty try, but actually with Ford coming around late, they were going to create a three on
29:10one there.
29:12See the path there, the best, the best with 14 men, can see the least number of points.
29:19See whether...
29:20That's a kiss of death, isn't it?
29:22...capitalise, yeah.
29:23More often than not, tends to be.
29:25Options left and right, forward swinging to the left, and the scrum penalty forthcoming.
29:31Regardless, Rob Duprier in behind O'Flaherty.
29:35Still playing.
29:38Looking to straighten.
29:42Always with the advantage, remember, and the extra man.
29:46Kawandiki, forward, Duprier, Carpenter.
29:51Backwards, off-bass.
29:51Roebuck with a lot to do.
29:54Still advantage, sail.
29:56He's done plenty of it as well.
29:58Forward, back against the grain.
30:01I see White is there alongside him.
30:05Forward.
30:06That was nicely worked.
30:08Rob Duprier goes wide, and O'Flaherty will run this in.
30:13The extra man counting.
30:16Sail on the board.
30:18George Ford really pulling the strings as we know he can in that passage of play three times.
30:26Just floating around, looking like he's got all the time in the world to pick the killer pass at the
30:31right time.
30:33And Barton defend really well until the final phase where they just get slightly narrow and turn in a little
30:38bit too much.
30:40A lot of the forwards have been dragged over to that left-hand side as they look at it.
30:46And then the long ball over the top, perfectly weighted, just shows how big a momentum swing the scrum can
30:56still be.
30:56We don't get as many scrums, but Sail were out of this game, couldn't get a foothold into it.
31:01Two big scrums.
31:03They've got themselves back into it.
31:09That never deviated either from George Ford.
31:12Parity on the scoreboards.
31:13It's a lot of hard work, like Ben said, from the forwards, getting side to side.
31:17And they did get really tight.
31:18But what that means is that you're left with wingers.
31:20In this case, Di Glanville fallback isolated.
31:23He knows the cross-field kick he has to cover because there's so much space.
31:26And by the time they get the ball away, he can't get there in time to stop the pass.
31:29It's just a well-worked try with lots of pressure.
31:31Yeah.
31:33Great ball from New Korea, isn't it?
31:35Yeah, you're right.
31:35Timing perfect.
31:37Maybe.
31:38Glanville had to pull the trigger on the tackle because he'd got too far into his zone.
31:44Okay, time on please, Mike.
31:45So Bath know that the scrum isn't their strongest scrum at the moment.
31:52They're blooding these players.
31:54Well, fortunately for them, and it'd be very interesting how many scrums we've got.
31:59They've got Urbano and Datoit on the bench, so they can shore it up at some stage.
32:03I'm sure he's petrified about bringing those two on to shore up the scrum.
32:09Got some options for sure.
32:11Big old boot from George Ford, maybe too much.
32:16Into the in-goal it rolls.
32:19And the Glanville touches down.
32:24Just going to eat out that yellow card, aren't they, as much as they possibly can.
32:29Okay, let's go.
32:30Eat free, eat free.
32:31Eat free, eat free.
32:32Eat free, eat free.
32:33Eat free, eat free.
32:34And that just saw Cameron Redpath walking back, just...
32:38Santi, go.
32:39Putting his hand, slow it down, slow it down.
32:44And Santi Carreras has stopped that straight out on the full, which is not part of the plan.
32:51That is a massive, massive error.
32:57Five-metre scrum under the sticks.
33:03Got the best defensive record of 14 men, Bath.
33:06They might need it.
33:07I know.
33:08That's what I said, we said it before, they just conceded a try.
33:11Two scrums, two penalties.
33:13It's a big error for a man of that sort of experience.
33:17Santi Carreras, who's played ten so much previously in his career with Gloucester, of course,
33:23and almost 40 times for Argentina in addition.
33:27We've got a bit of time here.
33:28So I just wonder whether the forward pack say, look...
33:31George Ford, he's obviously running the backs in behind.
33:33Just let's have a couple of dabbles at them first.
33:36Keep them honest so that the back row can't get off.
33:39We might get a couple of penalties, force a yellow card back off the result of it.
33:43But at some stage they will pull the trigger.
33:46But they might just fancy a couple of drives first before they do that,
33:49with how the scrum's been going up from that.
33:50Stand up. Well, I got it.
33:51I'll deal with it.
33:52If I think you're trying to dummy that and step backwards, it'll be a penalty.
33:55Be very clear. Don't stand up under pressure.
33:57Sir, why would I do that?
33:58No, no, just be warned.
33:59Just be warned.
34:01Let's go.
34:01A mess is clear for the south front row.
34:03We'll have a word with Jan van Graan in just a moment or two.
34:07He's actually right, Luke Kandek.
34:08Why would he want to buy it?
34:09Their scrums, they'll perceive as on top.
34:12So he doesn't want another penalty.
34:14They just want this scrum.
34:21They get a penalty, they'll probably take the scrum again.
34:23Yeah.
34:24At this rate.
34:25Bind!
34:27Just about the perfect attacking platform, this.
34:32Once again, driving forwards.
34:35Quirk.
34:36Rob Dupriot goes himself.
34:39Has he managed to ground the ball?
34:40Luke Pearce is as close as he could be.
34:43Redpath again.
34:44His physicality has been really good for Redpath today.
34:47He's got his held up too.
34:48Carry in, defending.
34:50He's underneath it.
34:50It's our view that it's held up, lads.
34:52Rowan.
34:53Hey, hey, hey, hey.
34:54Boys.
34:56You've got a penalty.
34:57It will go against you if you're not careful.
34:58No, I don't want to hear it.
34:59Back.
35:00Hang on, boys.
35:01We've got...
35:02Oh, thank you.
35:03We've got held up.
35:04No reason to check it.
35:05Just time off for a second.
35:07Just hold on.
35:08Number one and captain, please.
35:11Take the scrum again now.
35:12Just bear with me.
35:16Three scrums, three scrum penalties against this guy.
35:18If he does it again, he goes to the bin.
35:20So what?
35:21Don't collapse and stay straight.
35:25So the warning, the last warning.
35:27Scrum call.
35:27Luke, Luke.
35:28Luke, just a second.
35:29Just one second, Luke.
35:30That's the voice of Peter Allen.
35:31Yes, Peter.
35:34He's our TMO.
35:34Hold on, lads.
35:35You might have scored.
35:36Hang on.
35:37Hold on.
35:39They might have scored, so they'll stay working in a second.
35:41Let's go, boys.
35:41Let's go, here we go.
35:43Bill.
35:45Looks like there's a hand there.
35:46Let's go.
35:47Let's go.
35:48You're right now.
35:48Just one last look at Luke, please.
35:50I think Carl Smith's hand's underneath it, his left hand.
35:54Comes in now.
36:03Oh, maybe.
36:05Let's go.
36:05Let's go.
36:07Yeah, Luke.
36:08We need to have a look at this, please.
36:09Check, check.
36:09Okay, so we're going to be looking at a try, are we, Peter?
36:11Correct, yeah.
36:13Okay.
36:13I think if you sail in some ways, you want the scrum.
36:16You want the scrum.
36:17And Peter's going to show us a try on the screen.
36:22It's all yours, Peter, for grounding.
36:30I think that's a try, isn't it?
36:35Yeah, Luke, do you see that?
36:36I believe we've got conclusive evidence of a try being scored.
36:38So, grounding's all on you, Pete.
36:40So, if you have the grounding on the line, we're awarding the try, is that correct?
36:42Perfect, yep.
36:44Back to me.
36:48A very popular score for the Sail Sharks.
36:52It's gone to Rob Duprier, who's been such a key part of this set-up now for eight seasons.
36:58Heading off to past his new, joining Bayonne in the next campaign.
37:03But a try here to put Sail in front and to drive home the advantage while they've got the extra
37:09man advantage.
37:10Anyone got a position of a try?
37:12Checking where the kick is going to be from.
37:15On the five, is it?
37:17Okay.
37:19There we are.
37:20Happy.
37:21Not the bad yellow card period for Sail.
37:23Okay, clock is on now, George.
37:28Look, it's in line with the 15, in line with the 15.
37:32Time off again.
37:33Mary, I'm so sorry.
37:34It's on the 15.
37:35I'm very sorry.
37:37Well, no need to apologise from George Ford's perspective.
37:40That makes this kick just that little bit easier.
37:43It's got 40 seconds.
37:44You tell me when you're happy and I'll turn the clock on.
37:46Sorry again.
37:48You happy?
37:49What a loss he's going to be.
37:50Thanks, time on.
37:50Rob Duprier.
37:51He's been a stalwart.
37:5486th consecutive Premiership game.
37:56That stretches back more than four years since he missed one.
38:01I don't think it'll ever be beaten that, will it?
38:10Bent through the posts by George Ford.
38:1214 points to seven.
38:14Sail leading.
38:14Oh, the coach killer.
38:16This kick off the back of having conceded their first try on the yellow card.
38:22Gives them the field position.
38:24Gives them another opportunity of a scrub.
38:27And then Duprier somehow finds a way through the traffic to the line.
38:35He's not sure, is he?
38:36Just a little surprise, I think, but in a nice way.
38:40So, from seven points down.
38:49Ford on the angle.
38:51What a good kick that is.
38:54Absolutely laser guided, wasn't it?
38:56And good distance on it as well.
38:58So, let's have a word with Johan van Graan, the bath director of rugby.
39:02Johan, you've had a few problems recently.
39:04Most notably the scrum.
39:06And obviously the kick out on the full.
39:07So, the yellow card, the scrummaging, the ball out on the full.
39:10These are little things you need to adjust.
39:13Yeah, I think the first 25 minutes we handled the wind really well.
39:16Obviously, we're against a pretty big wind in the first half.
39:19The yellow card's not ideal.
39:20And then obviously you said like the goal line center gives you a five-meter scrum under your stick.
39:25So, look, we've just got to stay in the game, get to half sign, get back to 15 on the
39:29field.
39:30It's pretty evenly contested.
39:31I think we're doing pretty well eerily.
39:34George has just managed us to kick us back into our own 22 with the win.
39:38What about the set piece itself, Johan?
39:40You've got obviously a couple of less experienced men on the loose head and the tight head side today.
39:45But with Urbano and Dutoy waiting in the wings, is that something occupying your mind at the moment?
39:50Well, firstly, you want to make sure that you give guys exposure.
39:55They'll stay in the fight.
39:56The best way to get better is to learn and pretty important to learn now.
40:01Good stuff. Thanks for your time, Johan.
40:06It's been his policy relentlessly, Ben, isn't it?
40:09Just to make sure that everybody gets exposure at the top level.
40:12I said it at the top.
40:13You know, put a lot of the Prem Rugby, Prem Cup guys into this.
40:17Yeah, better than that one.
40:18And he's 100% right. That's how you develop them.
40:21And I guess, I spoke to Rich Blaze beforehand.
40:25And it's sort of making sure you stay in the fight long enough.
40:29He's talking about them staying in the fight.
40:31Stay in the fight long enough for the cavalry to come on and get the job done.
40:34But equally, you've now given that experience.
40:37You know, that's 35 more minutes under their belt.
40:39They'll go for another 15, maybe 20 minutes before they bring those guys off the bench in the second half.
40:47Served him very, very well, developed a rare depth.
40:51We know the quality of player they have in that squad, but...
40:55Good honesty.
40:57Yeah, well, we were just wondering how long it would take before Thomas Dutoy appeared.
41:04And it turns out they won't be staying in the fight for all that long.
41:07The goal now is these guys to come on and have a scrum straight away in the opposition 22.
41:12And suddenly, they've just exploded that sail momentum, haven't they?
41:18We might bring them on at some point.
41:20Yeah, at some point. We'll leave them on as long as we can.
41:23Round about another 30 seconds.
41:25So, on comes Urbano and Dutoy to fix the set piece.
41:31That is their mission.
41:35Kirk and Sela make way.
41:41Boys, just to be clear, they were on a warning for number one, but he's now being subbed.
41:45So this guy is not on a straight warning, all right?
41:48So the dial reset from referee Luke Pearce.
41:52And an immediate examination for the two new boys.
42:03Massive scrum this.
42:04They win a penalty now and they'll be a lot fresher.
42:07That first scrum, you've got so much more power as a front rower.
42:10It degrades as the game goes on and the more scrums you hit,
42:14but they'll want to hammer home this advantage now and change the referee's outlook on the scrums.
42:21Pretty solid from both sides.
42:24Ford moving onto the ball nicely.
42:26Roebuck in the line.
42:27Carpenter swiftly away to O'Flaherty.
42:30Pins his ears back.
42:31The ball intercepted by Carreras.
42:33Taking on Carpenter himself.
42:35Carrsmith to Hennessy.
42:46Redpuff, Urbano.
42:52Ted Hill.
42:59Carreras hit really hard by Mahasi White.
43:02Timed that to perfection.
43:04And the ball is hacked away downfield.
43:07O'Flaherty is in full flight.
43:10And Will Muir rather uncomfortably, rather awkwardly hoiks it away.
43:15Exactly the right decision, I think, from Bevan Rod to get the ball through there.
43:18It's a good tackle from that guy.
43:20Against the original turnover.
43:23Just steps out the line and smashes Carreras, doesn't he?
43:29I do think this wins a ten-point win.
43:31So I think you want more points here.
43:38So Bath, with their full complement, restored.
43:42Joe Thokina-Singer back on the pitch.
43:45Ford in a hurry.
43:48He knows this is the opportunity.
43:49I agree with Oz.
43:51It is a big wind here.
43:53They need something more before half-time.
43:59Something approaching sunlight.
44:01Breaking through as well.
44:03Probably the biggest news of the day.
44:08Okay.
44:09They will change.
44:11He has dropped.
44:16Karen Dickey taking an eternity, but finding Van Rijn.
44:20And they've worked this drive to the right pretty effectively, I think.
44:25Bit of a reset defensively from the bath pack.
44:32Van Rijn carries it up for Sale.
44:35Needing to strike now.
44:36Proper sunlight breaking through across the Korpak Stadium.
44:41Sale warming to their theme accordingly.
44:53Tight carries all the time at the moment, but they've drawn the penalty from Bath.
44:58Far away by Djiboulou.
45:00Carreras hacks it clear.
45:02And we have that penalty awarded by Luke Pearce.
45:06Time off.
45:08Where is the captain?
45:09Another warning seemingly as well.
45:11You were on a strong warning.
45:12That got solved by him going.
45:13Now it's a team warning.
45:15Any more penalties down here?
45:16They go.
45:17Offside.
45:22What do you do?
45:23Do you go for the scrum or tap and go?
45:24Tap and go now.
45:26And make sure you tap it, okay?
45:28I'm not tapping.
45:28Just make sure it moves.
45:32Can I have a Dickey?
45:32Can I have a Dickey quirk do the tapping before?
45:37Hooker is the recipient.
45:38Quirk moves in and a strong line cut by Vermeulen, but it bounced off his chest, but they still have
45:46possession through Marcy White.
45:52Forward to Dupriot.
45:56Bevanrod.
45:58Very well hit by Beno Urbano.
46:02Yeah, yeah.
46:04To advantage.
46:04Forward again.
46:05Number two is this range of passing.
46:08Trying to keep the Bath defences guessing.
46:10Quirk, Dupriot, Ford.
46:16Nearly skipping clear.
46:17That's a knock on.
46:18Tom Roebuck.
46:21And to the bin.
46:24Goes down Frost.
46:26For the second time in the match, Bath down a man.
46:32Luke Pearce has been very clear his expectations of Bath.
46:37Miles Reid was told in no uncertain terms it was a team situation the next time he had to blow
46:43the whistle.
46:44It's one of those things where...
46:46Off his chest.
46:47It's not a knock on.
46:49The penalty gets given against you because you fly out of the line, but he was always standing in an
46:53offside position.
46:55I think he should have gone actually for a deliberate knock on slightly earlier to that.
46:59For the tap penalty, but...
47:01Yes, please, Thomas.
47:02I think the justice has been done there.
47:07We keep reiterating it, but the wind, such a major factor that Sale need more points in the bag with
47:1390-odd seconds to play in this first half.
47:16Ben Bamber rises for the Sharks.
47:22That's good shape, just need to squeeze now down, get the chest a little bit lower.
47:26I think they're going over here.
47:28Cowan Dickey...
47:30Drops on it.
47:34And Alex Anderson moves a little more freely.
47:39Safe in the understanding that with Bath suffering yellow cards twice,
47:47Sale have come up with tries twice.
47:49Sort of tightness you get in a scrum here.
47:52There's no way that Bath can crack that and get through some of those binds.
47:56And as soon as they get to this point...
48:00Almost got a front row, a second row and a number eight at the back.
48:04Really well bound, the head comes up, he has a look at where the threats are from.
48:07And he spots the white line, just make sure that he drives down and over, whilst his mates in front
48:14of him keep that core down close to the ground and take away all the threat in front of him.
48:21And a historic try as well for Cowan Dickey, equaling Harry Thacker on 44 tries in the Premiership as a
48:29hooker.
48:37Just firing wide from George Ford, but 19 points to seven, a good return.
48:43Particularly having been seven nil down, they've made the most of the extra man, they've made the use of the
48:49conditions.
48:51Really good use of the conditions, the territory.
48:54And also applying pressure at crucial times.
48:57I don't think their energy has been strong enough.
48:59If they're going to come out in the second half, it's the major fix for them, but...
49:03Going in at 19-7, you'd be delighted, wouldn't you?
49:10Take in by Vermeulen.
49:13And high into the stands it goes.
49:16So Sale turning this around pretty effectively, putting the squeeze on in the set piece, forcing changes in the front
49:22row to Bath.
49:24The early try from Dan Frost, but then three from the Sale Shark.
49:29So Flaherty, Duprier and Cowan Dickey, a couple of yellow cards into the mix as well for Johan van Graan's
49:34men.
49:35Half-time at the Coolpack.
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