By Ross Heppenstall

Sale Sharks ..................... 29pts
Tries: Quirke 24, Carpenter 41, O’Flaherty 55, 62
Conversions: Ford 24, 56, 63
Penalty: Ford 40

Northampton Saints ..... 43pts
Tries: Freeman 7, Hutchinson 12, Smith 47, Toadaro 57, Kemeny 65, Coles 75, Pollock 78
Conversions: Belleau 8, 13, 48; Furbank 79
On this evidence, it will take a special team to stop Northampton Saints going all the way this season.
Phil Dowson’s men ran roughshod over Sale to claim their first win here since March 2017 and move menacingly back to the Prem summit.
Moreover, they did it in style with sev...