Caluori-led rampant Saracens annihilate sorry Sale

Rhys Carre used his textbook power to score in the first half

Unable to slow Saracens' quick ball, they conceded a fourth try to Carre, the prop powering over after a well worked line-out move.

Burke soon added a fifth, escaping yet another poor tackle attempt to kick ahead and regather close to the posts.

On the verge of half-time, the tries just kept on coming. With the tiring Sale defence in disarray, Malins fed Calouri on the wing to dive over Warr's despairing tackle to leave Sharks boss Alex Sanderson with much to consider at the break.

With the game gone, Sale knew they had to score next to restore any semblance of pride.

Following quick hands in the midfield between Ernst van Rhyn and Ethan Caine, the ball ended up in the hands of O'Flaherty, who bounced through three defenders to stretch over.

But it did not take Saracens long to reassert their dominance.

Bracken added a seventh before Caluori took over the game, intercepting du Preez in midfield for his hat-trick score before adding a further two tries in the corner as Sale's missed tackle count reached 40.

With Sale's defence a non-entity at this point, Michelow spun through as Saracens crossed the 70-point mark before Malins got Sarries' 12th score, diving on the ball after O'Flaherty dropped it in his own 22.

Earl then bagged yet another Saracens score in between Sale consolations from O'Flaherty and Opoku-Fordjour to cap a historic afternoon for Mark McCall's men.

The result leaves Saracens in sixth, five points below Bristol in fifth while Sale stay seventh, with very little chance of being able to catch those above them.

Sale: R du Preez; O'Flaherty, Louw, Ma'asi-White, Roebuck; Ford, Warr; Opoku-Fordjour, Caine, Harper; van Rhyn (c), Bamber, Vermuelen, Gilmore, Dugdale.

Replacements: Longstaff, McEachran, Raymont, Hodkinson, Logan, Hanson, Bedlow, Woodman.

Saracens: Malins; Caluori, Tompkins, Hartley, Segun; Burke, Bracken; Carre, George, Street; Itoje (c), Tizard, McFarland, Earl, Willis.

Replacements: Dan, Mawi, Riccioni, Wilson, Michelow, van Zyl, Farrell, Hall.

Referee: Christophe Ridley.