The home side opened up a 10-0 lead on the back of an Ali Ledingham penalty and his conversion of a Ben Frankland score, but the Dogs got on the board on the stroke of half-time as Josh Brown crashed over at the back of a maul for Tom Curtis to convert.

Sale never looked back from there, the fly-half on target after Nev Edwards, Brown, captain Andy Hughes and Dan Birchall touched down to complete what was ultimately a comfortable victory.

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Cambridge were also triumphant as they defied the elements and a gutsy Chinnor side in edging to a 19-17 win on the road.

Jason Worrall’s early try put the hosts in front, but the Blood & Sand led 7-5 at the break after Steffan James added the extras to Ben Brownlie’s score.

Cambridge extended their advantage as former Ram James crossed the whitewash before converting a Seb Brownhill try, but Chinnor salvaged a losing bound-point thanks to scores from Jack Walsh and a last-gasp Grant Hughes five-pointer, Nick Smith with the extras at the death.

Two tries in the last six minutes helped Rosslyn Park overcome visitors Plymouth Albion in an epic 42-31 barn-stormer at The Rock.

Angus Hodges and Harry Wilkinson went over in the opening quarter to put Albion in front, Connor Eastgate converting both for 14-0.

Craig Holland added the extras to a Josh Addams score to cut the gap, but Wilkinson doubled his tally from the maul to nudge Plymouth further in front.

After Henry Robinson touched down for Park, Addams doubled his tally before the break, cutting the gap to 19-17.

Albion drew first blood after the break, Eastgate on target after Jon Dawe crossed, but Park replied as Holland converted Matt Gordon and Jack Gash tries in between Wilkinson completing his hat-trick.

An Eastgate penalty put Plymouth 32-31 in front, but Rosslyn Park had the final say as Addams and Seb Strang crossed to ensconce their side in fourth place in the table.

A James Ayrton double helped Bishop’s Stortford sneak past Cinderford and climb back up to fifth in the table.

Mike Austin kicked an early penalty and then grabbed a try to put the Foresters 8-0 up, but Stortford hit back before the break as Connor Lloyd converted a Josh Stannard effort.

Ayrton’s brace, the second converted by Lloyd, made it 19-8, and despite Reece Dunn bagging a brace in the final 11 minutes, Stortford held on for victory.

Birmingham Moseley took another big step towards survival as they picked up a bonus-point 29-21 home win against Leeds Tykes.

Tighe Maxwell-Whiteley slotted the kick after Charlie Venables crossed to put the Yorkshiremen in front, only for Mose to level through Freddie Painter and Dan Lewis’ boot.

Leeds regained the advantage as the classy Kieran Davies touched down, Venables this time landing the conversion, but it was 14-14 at the break as Lewis added to a Ryan Roach score.

The Birmingham fly-half landed a penalty to nudge his side in front, only for Tykes to gain a third try, Harry Jukes going over before Venables made it 21-17.

However, Moseley were not to be denied and Painter doubled his tally with seven minutes remaining before Lewis converted, the latter rounding out the scoring with a try of his own to take his personal tally to 14 points.

National One top point-scorer Sam Morley landed a penalty three minutes from time to earn Esher a potentially crucial 27-26 bonus-point victory at Hull.

The hosts had taken the lead through an early Tim Waqadau try before Sam Bullock levelled for the Eees.

A Reece Dean try put Hull back in front, only for Morley to convert a Harri Lang score for 12-10 to the Surrey men.

Two Dean penalties gave the hosts a 16-12 half-time advantage, but Ben Atkins dotted down early in the second period to put Esher a point in front.

Hull replied as Dean converted a Mike Adlard try on 51 minutes, only for Morley to do the same after Afi Fasogbon got on the scoresheet on the hour mark.
Dean kicked another penalty to give Hull upe of a first win of the season, but Morley had the final word to take his side out of the bottom three.

Meanwhile Rams got back to winning ways with a 59-21 home success against Taunton Titans, the defeat pushing the Somerset side back below Esher in the bottom three.