Sale ………………..20pts
Trailfinders …..33pts
Trailfinders narrowed the gap to sixth place with this bonus point victory on the road.
First-half tries from Julia Schell, Kate Zackary and Grace White put them in the driving seat before second half scores from Schell and Abi Burton secured the five points.
Trailfinders captain Zackary said: “I’d like to say I’m happy with our performance, we were frustrated by a few things but Sale put up a fight, they’re a tough battling team who are chasing points in every game and at the end of the day we took home the points.”
Match Action
It was the Sharks who took the lead via a Vicky Irwin penalty but the visitors crossed the line first when Schell danced over.
Trailfinders soon added a second when captain Zackary crashed over, with Schell adding a second conversion.
Sale narrowed the gap when USA scrum-half Olivia Ortiz sniped from a scrum to run in from forty metres but the Trailfinders added a third before half-time with White finishing well in the corner after some strong carrying from the visitors front-row to send her side into the break 11 points ahead.
It took just six minutes of the second half for the London side to secure the bonus point when Schell found the whitewash after picking the line well from a driving maul.
Sale found a foot-hold of the game, switching the momentum, possession and territory in their favour and they were rewarded when Scarlett Fielding went over from the back of a driving maul
As the game ticked into the final ten, there was still time for a try a piece, first Trailfinders flanker Burton burrowed over from close range before Sale’s Erica Jarrell rounded off the scoring with a consolation try out wide.
REFEREE: Andy Wigley
ATTENDANCE: 230
Star Player: Julia Schell – Trailfinders
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