Nine-try Sale dismantle bottom club Newcastle

The Prem

Sale (31) 57

Tries: R du Preez, Roebuck 3, Cowan-Dickie, van Rhyn, Reed 2, Jibulu Cons: Ford 6

Sin-bin: Cowan-Dickie (35 mins)

Newcastle (0) 5

Try: Obatoyinbo

Sin-bin: Clark (15 mins)

Tom Roebuck scored a hat-trick as nine-try Sale Sharks piled on the agony for the Prem's bottom club Newcastle Red Bulls with a crushing 57-5 victory at the CorpAcq Stadium.

The England man's opposite wing Arron Reed added two tries of his own and British and Irish Lions hero Luke Cowan-Dickie also grabbed a try on his return to action for his club.

With Rob du Preez and Ernst van Rhyn also scoring, the Sharks racked up the bonus-point in the first half as they raced to a 31-0 lead at the break.

Newcastle, who have now heavily lost their first two league games since the takeover by Red Bull in the summer, showed signs of a revival as the home side got sloppy and Elliott Obatoyinbo muscled his way over.

That was short-lived though as Nathan Jibulu scored for the third consecutive game and late scores from Reed and Roebuck made it nine Sale tries on the night and ensured the visitors' eight-year wait for a win at the home of the Sharks continued.

More to follow.

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, R. du Preez, Louw, Reed; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Bamber, Andrews, van Rhyn, Woodman, Dugdale.

Replacements: Jibulu, McIntyre, Harper, Burrow, Caine, Quirke, O'Flaherty, Bedlow.

Newcastle: Grayson; Obatoyinbo, Doherty, Clark, Hearle; Chamberlain, Elliott; Brocklebank, McGuigan, Palframan, Hodgson, Clarke, Lee-Warner, Gordon, Mafi.

Replacements: Fletcher, Rewcastle, McCallum, Usher, Neild, Cruz, Connon, Spencer.

Referee: Joe James