Harlequins head coach Jason Gilmore speaking on Premier Sports: "It was just a frustrating game. A lot of penalties in that
first half, could not get any territory, or good ball.
"Even in the second half
with some rhythm, it was messy at the breakdown. To score three tries to two and
lose a game on penalties is hugely frustrating."
Sale's Tom Roebuck speaking on Premier Sports: "We saw the effect of the wind in that first half so we wanted
to be at our physical best, because the kick game we often go to was not as effective
with this wind.
"The forwards earned those tries with the graft that they put
in, I am more than happy for those boys to score tries.
"We are happy to take on either team (next week), just focus on us, and
at our dominant physical best we will give them a challenge."
Cowan-Dickie on injurypublished at 22:10 BST 4 April
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Luke Cowan-Dickie, who scored Sale's two tries, looked to have hurt himself near the end and he's told Premier Sports the latest: "I am not 100% (sure), but I have damaged my forearm in some
shape. I’ll get some scans and see what has happened, it is throbbing a bit,
there is a bit of movement, hopefully just a dead arm.
"We saw more of a Sale Sharks performance today,
we weathered some of their lightning bolt moments and came away with a win."
'We found a way to win'published at 22:02 BST 4 April
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Sale fly-half George Ford speaking to Premier Sports: "It's huge. Our Prem campaign has not gone as we would have
liked, but we’ve had a decent run in Europe. This was a tough game, they are in
a similar position to us so we are delighted to win and excited for next week.
"We can look to the future all we want, but we have not been
good enough to do that. We just need to focus on getting better and improving,
if we do that we will put decent positions in the long run.
"The start was massive, into the wind and we wanted to build
a score and exert pressure. Going in at 16-0 up was good, Quins came back in the second,
we had some ups and downs but found a way to win in the end."
Rodrigo
Isgro bursts down the right and feeds Chandler
Cunningham-South, but he cannot hang onto the ball under tenacious defence, and the ball squirts out of his control.
Harlequins have been excellent since the break and deserve to be right back in it.
Meanwhile, Sale's hooker and two-try man Luke Cowan-Dickie trudges off, possibly with a dislocated shoulder. He was grabbing his arm as he left the field.
Jarrod Evans chips over the top after a rampaging run from Chandler Cunningham-South. Tom O'Flaherty spills the ball over the try line, and Alex Dombrandt splashes down to send the home fans wild.
But - Marcus Smith, kicking into the wind, misses the conversion and Sale lead by nine.
Marcus Smith is close to breaking through near the 22, but a tap-tackle takes his momentum away. Sale's Tom O'Flaherty kicks downfield, but a follow-up from Sale is spilled and Quins have another chance to make some inroads from a scrum.