Diamond furious with referee

12 April 2015 The 25-23 loss put a huge dent in Sale's hopes of qualifying for European Cup rugby next season.

Sale remain in seventh position but they lost valuable ground on their closest rivals as they continued their miserable run in Reading, where they have failed to win since 2006.

Tom Arscott, who touched down twice, and Mike Haley were Sale's try scorers with Danny Cipriani kicking two penalties and a conversion.

Irish responded with three tries through Alex Lewington, who dotted down twice, and Andrew Fenby with Chris Noakes adding two penalties and two conversion…