Aviva Premiership Friday 23rd Oct

Gloucester 15-17 Saracens 

Saracens have made it two wins from two matches at the start of the 2015-16 Aviva Premiership season, beating Gloucester Rugby 17-15 at Kingsholm. 

The visitors opened the scoring with their first attack of the match as Mike Ellery slipped down the sideline before leaping over in the corner for his third try of the season. The home side had the majority of the possession in the first half, but had to settle for a couple of penalties from Billy Twelvetrees, keeping the scores close at the interval. 

Owen Farrell took over the kicking duties in the second half for Saracens, with the England fly-half and Twelvetrees each making three penalties, keeping the visitors two points ahead with four minutes remaining. 

Gloucester stole the ball from a Saracens lineout in the final minute as they pushed for a match-winning score, but the defending champions quickly forced the turnover before kicking the ball into touch. The result keeps Saracens at the top of the table, while Gloucester sit second, having won in the opening round of fixtures. 


Sale Sharks 27-13 Worcester Warriors 

Sale Sharks have secured their first win of the 2015-16 Aviva Premiership season with a 27-13 victory over Worcester Warriors. 

Having been thrashed by Saracens in their opening fixture of the season, Sale made sure they got off to a bright start, with Danny Cipriani getting the opening try of the match on the board less than 10 minutes in following a driving maul. The drive continued to yield results for the home side, as David Seymour crashed over midway through the first half after Ryan Mills had edged Worcester ahead with a couple of penalties. 

Sale's power in the scrum proved too much for the visitors at the start of the second half as Josh Beaumont made the most of a solid scrum to add a third try of the night. Jonny Arr gave the Warriors some hope inside the final 15 minutes as he managed to dive over in the corner after the visitors got the ball out from a scrum, leaving them just a converted try down, but Sale managed to break back down the other end following a mistake from Worcester, resulting in Johnny Leota squeezing over in the final moments.