james gaskell and simon mcintyre both scored two tries, while lima sopoaga also crossed to add to his win. sale ended their run of three straight defeats by beating bottom—of—the—table gloucester, 22—19. they trailed for much of the match at kingsholm until the 78th minute whenjosh beaumont scored their only try of the match. edinburgh beat glasgow 10—7 in the pro 1a. a tight match remanied scoreless for over an hour before jaco van der walt got edinburgh's first points on the board. a few minutes later the home side extended their lead, when magnus bradbury crossed the line. glasgow got a late try but 10—7 to edinburgh it finished elsewhere in the pro 1a. ulster survived a late fightback by munster, to maintain their 100% win record in pool a. ulster with a 15—10 victory. and zebre beat bennetton by 24—15 earlier on. england's cricketers are heading to sri lanka, for their two—test series, which starts on the 14th . and there's been a really impressive performance from one player not involved in the tour. dawid malan, the world's best t20 batsman, steered hobart hurricanes to victory

james gaskell was hidden at the bottom of that bundle but even in plain sight, the reigning championsore tries following to inflict exeter‘s first defeat of the season on them, but not enough to knock them from top spot. at the other end, gloucester‘s hopes of climbing off the bottom looked promising for 77 minutes. in the 78th, sale'sjosh beaumont, back after 1a months out, put paid to that. from ten points down, it was quite the comeback and a frustrating finish for gloucester. billy twelvetrees took it out on the water carrier, achieving very little bar a yellow card and some running repairs to the advertising hoardings, merely leaving gloucester starting the new year rock bottom. ben croucher, bbc news. and in the pro 1a, ulster extended their unbeaten run with victory over provincial rivals munster. meanwhile, edinburgh capitalised on some poor handling from glasgow to secure their third league win this season, 10 points to 7 it finished at murrayfield. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the world darts championship semi—finals at alexandra palace in