Danny Cipriani inspires Sale to win over Leicester despite lightning break

• Sale Sharks 27-20 Leicester TigersWith 15 seconds left and Danny Cipriani urging and delegating, Sale Sharks were seeing out their second ever season’s double over Leicester Tigers only for Andrei Ostrikov, the lock, to mishandle. Having earlier been lashed by a lightning storm that forced this Premiership match to be suspended, two extra minutes of blood and thunder were endured until Ellis Genge’s spill meant the Sharks were home and hosed.They have not lost at the AJ Bell since last April, a run extended by Cipriani’s 70th-minute try and five kicks from five. The fly-half had a hand in hi…

Latest News