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England hopeful Mark Cueto marked his first Sale start for two months with a try for the Guinness Premiership champions but his effort proved in vain as Wasps ran out 26-18 winners at Adams Park.
The home side, trailing 10-0 after only 18 minutes, hit back to secure victory, with fly-half Alex King kicking 16 points.
Tom Rees and Jeremy Staunton crossed for Waps with Chris Bell adding to Cueto's score for the visitors.
Worcester's fight for Guinness Premiership survival suffered another huge setback as leaders Leicester ground out an unspectacular 13-6 victory at Sixways.
Warriors slumped to their seventh home league defeat from eight starts this season - form which suggests they could find themselves back in National League One next term following a three-year spell among the English rugby elite.
Seru Rabeni grabbed the only try of the game with the boot of Ian Humphreys sealing Leicester's win.
Two Shane Drahm penalties were all Worcester had to show for their efforts.
London Irish eased away from the danger zone despite blowing a string of scoring chances in their 15-7 win against Bath.
Sailosi Tagicakibau and Topsy Ojo ran in first-half tries for the Exiles with Shane Geraghty adding a conversion and a penalty.
But they nearly threw it away by failing to finish a string of chances - notably when Bath were down to 14 men after Nick Abendanon was in the sin bin - and a late score from England lock Danny Grewcock, converted by Olly Barkley, forced them to work hard for what should have been a runaway win.
Harlequins kept Northampton in trouble at the bottom of the table by inflicting a fifth straight defeat, 28-15 at Franklin's Gardens.
Fly-half Andrew Jarvis was the Harlequins' hero - kicking three second-half penalties to wrap up his side's sixth in seven games to keep alive their play-off hopes.
But Heineken Cup quarter-finalists Saints received a welcome boost with the return of skipper Bruce Reihana. The former All Black had been sidelined with knee and hamstring injuries since September 23 and started at full-back.
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Source: Sporting Life |
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