Premiership Rugby Cup final: Sale 27-19 HarlequinsLate Faf de Klerk try seals victory for SharksAfter 14 years of trying, Sale could finally savour the rarefied taste of silverware again after edging a close-fought, ill-disciplined affair that may yet signal their re-emergence as a serious force.
It was 2006 when a star-studded Sharks so gloriously toppled Leicester in the Premiership final at Twickenham and not much has gone right since. Ultimately, though, they proved too strong for Harlequins in this rearranged Premiership Rugby Cup final and victory was achieved with a distinctly South African flavour.