Sale turn to Nick Macleod to keep them up
NICK MACLEOD has kept Danny Cipriani on the bench as Sale look to secure their Premiership status this weekend.
Macleod has got the nod over Cipriani for the past three games.
Victory over Gloucester in Salford tonight followed by a Northampton defeat of London Welsh on Sunday would settle the matter with two matches to go – a remarkable outcome explained only partly by the five points the Exiles were docked for fielding an ineligible player.
At Christmas, Sale were 14 behind.
Macleod has got the nod over Cipriani for the past three games.