Sharks blown out of the water in big loss

SALE'S perfect start to the season came to an abrupt halt after a 43-0 defeat at Exeter yesterday.

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The Sharks went into the game having won their first two matches of the season, but they were strangely off colour as an errorstrewn display saw them suffer their biggest ever defeat to the Devon side.

Exeter got off to a dream start with a try inside the first two minutes. An initial surge by hooker Dan Frost earned a penalty, which was quickly taken, and England Under-20 number eight Greg Fisilau finished off on the blindside, with captain for the day Henry Slade slotting a superb conversion.

The England centre added a penalty soon after to put the Chiefs into double figures.