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Toulon will not want to surrender their impressive unbeaten record in their Pool and will be determined to make sure they record two wins in the back-to-back clashes with Sale Sharks. - 07/12/2012 07:45
Toulon will not want to surrender their impressive unbeaten record in their Pool and will be determined to make sure they record two wins in the back-to-back clashes with Sale Sharks.
The French Top 14 side is already five points ahead of the rest of the teams in their group after two wins over fellow French outfit Montpellier and Welsh side Cardiff Blues.
England’s 2003 World Cup winner, Jonny Wilkinson, will be looking to guide his Toulon side to a victory over Danny Cipriani and his fellow Sharks at the Salford City Stadium.
Toulon, who just missed out on the French title last season, will be overwhelming favourites to get a win against a Sharks side which has struggled all year in the English Premiership.
Dwayne Peel, the Wales and Lions scrum-half, will make his 50th appearance in the Heineken Cup when he lines up for Sale who have lost four of their last five games against French sides in the Heineken Cup.
Sale’s last win over a French side in Europe was over Clermont in 2009, while Toulon’s only win on English side in the Heineken Cup was against London Irish in 2010.
Sale and Toulon have never played each other before in the Heineken Cup.
Match Facts
• Toulon have won 12/12 scrums on their own put in so far in the Heineken Cup.
• Andy Powell has made eight offloads in just 80 minutes of action so far this season, no other player has made more than this.
• Sale have lost four of their last five games against French sides in the Heineken Cup, beating only Clermont Auvergne in 2009.
• Toulon won on their only other Heineken Cup away game in England, beating London Irish in December 2010, 19-13.
Avec une troisième victoire décrochée à Sale (17-6)
Jonny Wilkinson did not have one of his better days with the boot but Toulon still made it three from three with a 17-6 win against Sale Sharks at the Salford City Stadium.
It swept them a massive nine points clear at the top of Pool 6 ahead of the Cardiff Blues and Montpellier tie at the Arms Park, with Toulon’s quarter-final destiny firmly in their own hands at the halfway stage of group matches.
And the damage on the scoreboard could have been even worse if the normally dead-eyed World Cup winning Wilkinson had packed his kicking boots.
He did kick four penalty goals in the 16th, 36th, 51st and 75th minutes but he had a similar number of misses with two penalty goals, a conversion and a drop goal attempt.
Danny Cipriani had a similar strike rate for the Sharks with two out of four penalty goals finding the mark, Sale not having a single second half scoring chance with the boot.
Left wing David Smith crossed for the only try of a tight contest after half an hour but only magnificent defensive work by Rob Miller denied replacement Sebastien Tillous-Borde a second try for the visitors with the last action of the match.
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