Rugby Union: Castaignede the catalyst; Sale 6 Saracens 51 Pens: Little 2 Tries: Castaignede 2, Sparg Murray, McRae, Davison, Wallace, Arasa Cons: Castaignede 3, Sparg Attendance: 3,130 Half-time: 6-12 Pen: Castaignede Zurich Premiership: Sale's dream start to the season becomes a nightmare as peroxide bomber weighs in FOREIGN Edition

THE IMPROBABLE journey of Sale Sharks from last season's depths to the peaks of the Zurich Premiership took a serious diversion yesterday when they went down hooker, lineout and sinker to Saracens, for whom Thomas Castaignede added the French fries. Saracens had already displayed touches of cla...

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Published inIndependent (London, England : 1986)
Main Author Tim Glover at Heywood Road
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Independent Digital News & Media 17.09.2000
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Arasa, Gerald
Castaignede, Thomas
Davison, Bill
Murray, Scott
Wallace, Paul
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Summary:THE IMPROBABLE journey of Sale Sharks from last season's depths to the peaks of the Zurich Premiership took a serious diversion yesterday when they went down hooker, lineout and sinker to Saracens, for whom Thomas Castaignede added the French fries. Saracens had already displayed touches of class, Castaignede capitalising on a break by Duncan McCrae and a revelation of a pass from the prop Paul Wallace. That gave Saracens the lead at 5-3 in the 28th minute but a few minutes later McCrae's long pass outflanked the defence and Brett Sparg was on the end of a huge overlap. It all stemmed from Sale losing their own line-out ball. A second penalty from Little gave Sale hope at the interval when they were only six points down, but a few minutes after the restart the floodgates were given a nudge when Castaignede, showing remarkable strength, beat three defenders in a fine run to the posts, where he sent in Scott Murray. The Frenchman's conversion and a penalty put Saracens in clear blue water and they set sail as their opponents became more than more ragged.
ISSN:0951-9467