By Roger Panting

Gloucester ........................21pts
Tries: Loader 36, C Atkinson 50, 76
Conversions: Barton 36, 50, 76
Sale Sharks ......................15pts

Tries: Longstaff 7, O’Flaherty 23
Conversion: Ford 23
Penalty: Ford 73
Gloucester flyhalf Charlie Atkinson took the opportunity of displaying his talents to onlooking England head coach Steve Borthwick with a man of the match performance against Sale Sharks.
Atkinson, capped only once against Argentina in July 2025, could be back into contention for England’s summer internationals and without his two-try salvo Gloucester could...