Sale Sharks vs Leicester Tigers · Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
33–47
Match report
Leicester Tigers beat Sale Sharks 47-33 away from home at CorpAcq Stadium, Salford in round 16 of the Premiership Rugby on Sunday, 17 May 2026.
That makes it two wins in a row for Leicester Tigers. Sale Sharks have now lost two in a row. Hamish Smales refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
5
Sale Sharks wins (50%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Leicester Tigers wins (50%)
Last 10 meetings, since December 2022
Biggest Sale Sharks win
40–5
30 Dec 2022
Biggest Leicester Tigers win
47–33
17 May 2026
Last 5 meetings
- 17 May 2026 · Premiership RugbySale Sharks33Leicester Tigers4717 May 2026Sale Sharks33–47Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
- 25 Oct 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers36Sale Sharks3525 Oct 2025Leicester Tigers36–35Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 7 Jun 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers21Sale Sharks167 Jun 2025Leicester Tigers21–16Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 9 May 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers44Sale Sharks349 May 2025Leicester Tigers44–34Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 1 Dec 2024 · Premiership RugbySale Sharks39Leicester Tigers251 Dec 2024Sale Sharks39–25Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
Lineups
Avg. age
26.6
Avg. age
27.4
Sale Sharks
- 1Asher Opoku-Fordjour(22)
- 2Alfie Longstaff(21)
- 3James Harper(26)
- 4Ernst Van Rhyn(29)
- 5Ben Bamber(25)
- 6Jacques Vermeulen(31)
- 7Sam Dugdale(27)
- 8Tom Curry(28)
- 9Raffi Quirke(25)
- 10George Ford(33)
- 11Tom O'Flaherty(32)
- 12Rekeiti Ma'asi-White(23)
- 13Luke James(27)
- 14Tom Roebuck(25)
- 15Joe Carpenter(25)
Replacements
- 16Wills Austin(22)
- 17Ralph McEachran(21)
- 18Patreece Bell(22)
- 19Hyron Andrews(31)
- 20Seb Kelly(20)
- 21Gus Warr(27)
- 22Ollie Davies(19)
- 23Arron Reed(27)
Leicester Tigers
- 1Nicky Smith(32)
- 2Jamie Blamire(28)
- 3Joe Heyes(27)
- 4George Martin(25)
- 5Ollie Chessum(26)
- 6Hanro Liebenberg(31)
- 7Tommy Reffell(27)
- 8Joaquín Moro(25)
- 9Jack Van Poortvliet(25)
- 10James O'Connor(36)
- 11Ollie Hassell-Collins(27)
- 12Orlando Bailey(25)
- 13Will Wand(24)
- 14Adam Radwan(28)
- 15Freddie Steward(25)
Replacements
- 16Charlie Clare(34)
- 17Archie Van Der Flier(24)
- 18Will Hurd(27)
- 19Cameron Henderson(26)
- 20Olly Cracknell(32)
- 21Hamish Watson(35)
- 22Tom Whiteley(30)
- 23Solomone Kata(31)