For Danny Cipriani and Billy Twelvetrees , this must have felt like a monumental comedown , eight days after they had participated in one of the great occasions at Twickenham . At least Cipriani had a win to savour , although the Sale fly-half finished Sunday 's game in the sin-bin . For Gloucester captain Twelvetrees , it was a miserable result on a miserable day in Salford . Danny Cipriani kicked five out of five to help Sale Sharks to a comfortable victory over Gloucester . Both men had come off the bench as England thrashed France in the Six Nations finale only to miss out on the title again , but there was no residual goodwill as they clashed three minutes from time at the AJ Bell Stadium , before Cipriani was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on . Compared to a last day of the championship that was awash with audacious artistry , this was an alien form of rugby . It was wet and windy and chilly and Sale were more pragmatic and clinical in the difficult conditions . Gloucester had been in Tenerife for a week of warm-weather training , which was n't ideal preparation for an arm-wrestle contest in the North West . After enjoying the sun , David Humphreys ' side caught a cold and yet another defeat in this fixture has left Gloucester stuck in ninth place in the Aviva Premiership table . They continue to punch below their weight . The first half was grim fare . James Hook struck two penalties for the visitors but Sale snatched a try in the 22nd minute when Samoa centre Johnny Leota managed to ground the ball against the base of a post after Andrei Ostrikov had been held up short . Cipriani converted that and added three penalties either side of the break to put his team in control . As impressive as his kicking was Cipriani ( centre ) was all over the pitch and proved defensively solid . Just before the hour , the hosts claimed a second try and it was a gem . From a rolling maul on the right , the impressive Chris Cusiter broke infield and released Tom Arscott . The wing burst into the 22 and was tackled but from the ruck Cipriani 's clever delayed pass sent lock Josh Beaumont over the line from close range . Cipriani added the conversion and Sale stood firm , despite Nathan Hines and Cipriani going to the bin , to ensure Mark Cueto celebrated his 300th game for the club with a win . Gloucester had plenty of attacking possession but not enough nous and precision . Brendan Macken failed to release Charlie Sharples for a clear run to the line and moments later , when the wing received a pass in space from Jonny May , he was scythed down well by Leota . Josh Beaumont crosses the line to score the final try for Sale and put them game beyond Gloucester . Sale 's director of rugby Steve Diamond was satisfied but does not believe that his side — currently seventh — are equipped to push for a play-off place despite a favourable run-in . 'We 're a good side here , ' he said . 'The one area that we did n't have dominance was the scrum . In every other area we were in control of it . I 'm really pleased . 'Our first goal is to qualify for the Champions Cup and to do that we have to finish sixth . I think we 're probably a bit away from the top four . We ca n't compete with the super teams . On our day we can beat anyone here but we 've got two difficult games away from home . ' Humphreys defended Gloucester 's preparations , saying : 'We had a very positive training week but we could n't translate that into a performance today . We 've been back for 48 hours to acclimatise again and we had a good training session yesterday in similar weather conditions to this . ' Tom Arscott slips the tackle of Elliott Stooke of Gloucester during the Aviva Premiership rugby match .
Danny Cipriani kicked a 100 per cent record against Gloucester . The fly half helped Sale to a comfortable win in the Aviva Premiership . Johnny Leota and Josh Beaumont scored the tries for the Cipriani . Click here for all the latest rugby union news .