Steve Diamond spoke to the media after the win over Worcester Warriors, and was delighted with the performance from his players, which saw Sale Sharks move to the top of the group with ten points, and get four wins out of four fixtures versus Worcester this season.

"I was glad to get the win and now we need to get a result at Ospreys and then see where we are in terms of the other results," declared a satisfied director of rugby Diamond.

"It was however a scrappy game so I am glad to get the win in the end," said Diamond. "We just need to try and win next week now."

Diamond continued, "I think Mike Hayley played really well at full-back, and Mark Jennings coming back from injury had a good afternoon; plus being able to give ten minutes to people like James Mitchell, the scrum-half, is always worthwhile - he is only 18-years-of-age.

"The lineout struggled a bit. Worcester were very streetwise with the players they picked, Chris Jones and Schofield know how we operate out lineout because they were with us for many years, but we're happy with where we are, we got a lot out of the game and we'll go with the same squad at Ospreys next Friday."