By TOM BRADSHAW

Bristol ................................ 43pts
Tries: Lloyd 8, 29, 36; Heward 25, Holmes 33, Ascherl 45, Davies 57
Conversions: Williams 25, 34, 37, 46

Sale ..................................... 19pts
Tries: Gourlay 40, 71; Roebuck 74
Conversions: Curtis 72, 75
GEORGE Ford safely navigated his first 40 minutes of rugby since rupturing his Achilles in the Premiership final but ragged Sale side were easily undone by Bristol’s expansive – and at times ruthless – play.
To kick off a Six Nations weekend, it was a first-half hat-trick by a Welshman that did for the Sharks, ...