Sale moved into the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup with victory over Connacht at the AJ Bell Stadium last night.
Steve Diamond’s men controlled the opening period and, although Jack Carty gave the Irish province the lead, tries from Byron McGuigan and Denny Solomona, as well as the accurate kicking of AJ MacGinty, helped the hosts take a 20-3 advantage into the interval.
Connacht were better at the start of the second period, with their scrum far more solid and they managed to create a couple of half-chances but any momentum garnered was halted by unforced errors.
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The visitors were boosted by a yellow card for James Phillips following a lazy tackle on Kyle Godwin and the Australian punished his indiscretion by going over but that was all they could muster in the final quarter as Sale went away with the win and progressed to the next round.
The Greater Manchester men will face either La Rochelle or Bristol in the last four.
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