Sale move into third as Sharks' strength overcomes Wasps’ stealth

Wasps 11-20 SalePenalty-filled encounter sees side swap places in tableSummer rugby isn’t adding up. Heavy rain and blustery conditions combined with a continued willingness to infringe at the breakdown and a reluctance of the referee to follow up spates of penalties with a yellow card or two made for a largely uninspiring encounter between two clubs who started in third and fourth and reversed positions after Sale’s strength overcame Wasps’ stealth.A quirk of the fixture list meant that in this round of matches first faced second, third met fourth and fifth encountered sixth, but on this evid…