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Sale Sharks vs Bristol Bears · Premiership Rugby Cup

Premiership Rugby Cup · 2025-26Full time
Sale Sharks
24–15
Bristol Bears

Match report

Sale Sharks beat Bristol Bears 24-15 at Salford Community Stadium, Manchester in round 1 of the Premiership Rugby Cup on Saturday, 13 September 2025.

Matthew Carley refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

7
Sale Sharks wins (70%)
0
Draws (0%)
3
Bristol Bears wins (30%)

Last 10 meetings, since April 2023

Biggest Sale Sharks win
38–0
27 Dec 2024
Biggest Bristol Bears win
34–24
26 Sept 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 26 Sept 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks24
    Bristol Bears34
  • 6 Jun 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks38
    Bristol Bears17
  • 28 Feb 2026 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Bristol Bears36
    Sale Sharks41
  • 2 Jan 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Bristol Bears19
    Sale Sharks17
  • 13 Sept 2025 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Sale Sharks24
    Bristol Bears15

Lineups

Avg. age
27.3
Avg. age
28.3

Sale Sharks

  1. 1Simon McIntyre
  2. 2Nathan Jibulu
  3. 3James Harper
  4. 4Ernst Van Rhyn
  5. 5Ben Bamber
  6. 6Jacques Vermeulen
  7. 7Sam Dugdale
  8. 8Dan Du Preez
  9. 9Nye Thomas
  10. 10Tom Curtis
  11. 11Obi Ene
  12. 12Rekeiti Ma’asi White
  13. 13Robert du Preez
  14. 14Tom O'Flaherty
  15. 15Ollie Davies
Replacements
  1. 16Hyron Andrews
  2. 17Sam Bedlow
  3. 18Patreece Bell
  4. 19Ethan Caine
  5. 20Jos Gilmore
  6. 21Dom Hanson
  7. 22Tumy Onasanya
  8. 23Tristan Woodman

Bristol Bears

  1. 1Jake Woolmore
  2. 2Harry Thacker
  3. 3George Kloska
  4. 4Joe Owen
  5. 5Joe Batley
  6. 6Luka Ivanishvili
  7. 7Fitz Harding
  8. 8Ben Grondona
  9. 9Kieran Marmion
  10. 10Alan MacGinty
  11. 11Gabriel Ibitoye
  12. 12Barend Janse van Rensburg
  13. 13Joe Jenkins
  14. 14Aiden Boshoff
  15. 15Josh Carrington
Replacements
  1. 16Leroy Chawatama
  2. 17Kofi Cripps
  3. 18Sam Grahamslaw
  4. 19Tomas Gwilliam
  5. 20Kenzie Jenkins
  6. 21Max Pepper
  7. 22Louis Rees-Zammit
  8. 23James Williams