Sale stop the rot by sweeping aside struggling Quins

SALE emphatically ended a run of four straight Prem Rugby defeats by thumping fellow strugglers Harlequins 43-17 in a bonus-point win at the CorpAcq Stadium in Salford.

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Sale's Jacques Vermeulen breaks through the defence to score a try during the Gallagher PREM clash with Harlequins

Alex Sanderson's Sharks were hammered at Northampton in the last of those four losses eight days ago but they finally returned to winning ways and condemned Quins to a huge defeat.

The Londoners have now lost six of their eight league games this season and their playoff hopes are already beginning to fade, but this victory reignited Sale's prospects of a top-four finish.

Harlequins led 17-12 at the break through tries from Marcus Smith and Jack Walker but Sale, who scored through Alex Wills and Luke Cowan-Dickie in the first half, ran riot in the second half.