■By GARETH LYONS

Sale FC............. 49
Sheffield ..........19

ALFIE LONGSTAFF’S hat-trick guided Sale FC to a comfortable win against a plucky Sheffield side who ran out of steam.
With the score 21-19, just before half time, the visitors were deservedly in the game and the Sale supporters were twitching after Sale’s recent form.
Sale started off quickly and, by the quarter hour-mark, were two tries up from Thomas Gilmore and Mark Dixon. Sheffield hit back with two well-worked tries in the space of five minutes by Callum Posa and Jack Delaney. After both, Sa...