Sale hit the max in Mowden win

SALE FC extended their recent run of good form with a bonus-point win over Darlington Mowden Park.

A late Neville Edwards try ensured the visitors came away with maximum points after an end-to-end game at the Darlington Arena.

The away side opened the scoring within 30 seconds, as a DMP box-kick was charged down and hooker Josh Brown dived over.

A Louis Johnson penalty got the hosts on the board, but Mowden failed to gather the restart and Tom Walsh raced over in the corner a few phases later.

Things got worse for the hosts after 20 minutes when James Robins latched onto a loose pass to walk over under the posts. Chris Johnson converted all three tries to give the visitors a 21-3 lead.

The hosts reduced the deficit with a Josh Crickmay try to make it 21-8 at the break.

Mowden Park came out firing in the second half and Liam Checksfield sprinted over under the posts. A yellow card for visiting winger Walsh soon followed, but the hosts were unable to capitalise.

Mowden were then reduced to 14 and Johnson added a quickfire brace of penalties before another yellow, for Seb Cecil. Edwards then dived over in the corner.

TEAMS

DARLINGTON MP: McTurk, Checksfield, Frankland, Mackenzie, Walker, Johnson, Broadhead, Barron, Guest, Crickmay, Davies, Fisher, Craggs, Jones, Lockwood

Replacements: Appleby, Vaioleti, Hodgson, Welch, McKirdy

SALE: Brady, Edwards, Mulchrone, Robins, Walsh, Johnson, Bradley, Birchall, Brown, Griffiths, Barron, Davies, Cecil, Tebbatt, Priestley-Nangle

Replacements: Onasanya, Longmore, Rees, Moorhouse, Dixon

REFEREE: Tim Allatt

ATTENDANCE: 912 Star man

Chris Johnson - Sale