Alex Sanderson was more angry with his Sale team’s performance than the fact their proud unbeaten home record had been ruined.
The Sharks have made their base in Salford a fortress and had not lost a Premiership match there since October 2022.
Yet Sanderson said: “I’m not bothered about [losing] our home record. I just want a consistent performance week in and week out – and we didn’t get that today.

“We need to be yards better if we want to win this thing. We had eight visits (in their 22) and only converted a couple.

“We need to come away with at least a 50 per cent conversion rate. Tha...