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Sale beat Exeter 38-24 as Ma'asi-White scores on 50th appearance
Sale Sharks beat Exeter Chiefs 38-24 in the Prem Rugby Cup at Corpacq Stadium.
Centre Rekeiti Ma'asi-White scored for Sale on his 50th appearance for the club.
Sale have struggled in their league campaign but have been performing well in Pool A of the cup.
Their bonus-point win stretched Sale's lead at the top of Pool A.
Sale pulled clear after the break with three tries from driving mauls and a penalty try.
Exeter scored four tries to earn a bonus point, which moved them off the bottom of Pool A.
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter said his team need to find winning momentum and improve their discipline.
Sale beat Exeter Chiefs 38-24 in the Prem Rugby Cup.
Centre Rekeiti Ma'asi-White scored a try on his 50th appearance for Sale.
Sale’s bonus-point win extended their lead at the top of Pool A.
Exeter scored four tries but lost after Sale’s driving maul produced three tries and a penalty try.
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter said his players needed to learn quicker and that he would not accept losing as OK.
- Who
- Sale Sharks and Exeter Chiefs.
- What
- Sale beat Exeter 38-24 in the Prem Rugby Cup, with Rekeiti Ma'asi-White scoring on his 50th appearance.
- When
- 13 November 2026.
- Where
- Corpacq Stadium.
- Why
- Sale’s driving maul helped them pull clear after half-time, while Exeter’s discipline let them down.
Sale Sharks
Exeter Chiefs
Result
Sale Sharks
Sale won 38-24 and extended their lead at the top of Pool A.
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter lost 38-24 but scored a try-scoring bonus point.
Performance
Sale Sharks
Sale used their driving maul to score three tries and added a penalty try.
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter said the team gave up territory through “completely brainless” play and needed to learn quicker.
Exeter’s Charlie Poynton scored the opening try.
Alex Wills scored for Sale, and Ma'asi-White crossed while Exeter were down to 14 players.
Ben Coen scored Exeter’s second try.
Sale scored three tries from driving mauls and a penalty try, while Exeter added tries by Archie McArthur and Sam Wolstenholme.
- Final score
- Sale 38-24 Exeter
- Ma'asi-White milestone
- Scored on his 50th Sale appearance
- Sale tries
- Alex Wills, Rekeiti Ma'asi-White, Alfie Longstaff, Nathan Jibulu (2), penalty try
- Exeter tries
- Charlie Poynton, Ben Coen, Archie McArthur, Sam Wolstenholme
- Competition
- Prem Rugby Cup, Pool A
- Venue
- Corpacq Stadium
What people are saying
I'm not going to try to find positives for you every week.
They've got to learn quicker.
I'm not going to keep saying, 'well done, we scored some good tries', because so much of the territory we gave up was completely brainless territory.