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Sale Sharks vs Exeter Chiefs · Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
Sale Sharks
26–27
Exeter Chiefs

Match report

Exeter Chiefs beat Sale Sharks 27-26 away from home at The AJ Bell Stadium, Salford in round 6 of the Premiership Rugby on Friday, 28 November 2025.

That makes it three wins in a row for Exeter Chiefs. Sale Sharks have now lost three in a row. Anthony Woodthorpe refereed.

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

Head to head

4
Sale Sharks wins (40%)
0
Draws (0%)
6
Exeter Chiefs wins (60%)

Last 10 meetings, since February 2023

Biggest Sale Sharks win
41–5
31 Mar 2024
Biggest Exeter Chiefs win
59–14
31 Jan 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 21 Mar 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Exeter Chiefs26
    Sale Sharks14
  • 31 Jan 2026 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Exeter Chiefs59
    Sale Sharks14
  • 28 Nov 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks26
    Exeter Chiefs27
  • 14 Nov 2025 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Sale Sharks34
    Exeter Chiefs3
  • 31 May 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Exeter Chiefs26
    Sale Sharks30

Lineups

Avg. age
29.1
Avg. age
27.7

Sale Sharks

  1. 1Simon McIntyre
  2. 2Luke Cowan-Dickie
  3. 3Asher Opoku-Fordjour
  4. 4Ernst Van Rhyn
  5. 5Ben Bamber
  6. 6Jacques Vermeulen
  7. 7Tom Curry
  8. 8Dan Du Preez
  9. 9Gus Warr
  10. 10George Ford
  11. 11Alex Wills
  12. 13Robert du Preez
  13. 14Tom O'Flaherty
  14. 15Luke James
Replacements
  1. 16Nathan Jibulu
  2. 17Tumy Onasanya
  3. 18James Harper
  4. 19Tom Burrow
  5. 20Hyron Andrews
  6. 21Raffi Quirke
  7. 22Marius Louw
  8. 23Regan Grace

Exeter Chiefs

  1. 1Will Goodrick-Clarke
  2. 2Joseph Dweba
  3. 3Josh Iosefa-Scott
  4. 4Dafydd Jenkins
  5. 5Andrea Zambonin
  6. 6Tom Hooper
  7. 7Ethan Roots
  8. 8Greg Fisilau
  9. 9Charlie Chapman
  10. 10Harvey Skinner
  11. 11Olly Woodburn
  12. 12Len Ikitau
  13. 13Henry Slade
  14. 14Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
  15. 15Josh Hodge
Replacements
  1. 16Jack Yeandle
  2. 17Scott Sio
  3. 18Bachuki Tchumbadze
  4. 19Lewis Pearson
  5. 20Kane James
  6. 21Tom Cairns
  7. 22Will Haydon-wood
  8. 23Ben Hammersley