Sale Sharks 15 Worcester Warriors 12 According to Sale head coach Tony Hanks, Sheridan had been "buzzing all week" and the loosehead got the better of Worcester's Tevita Taumoepeau in the opening exchanges which helped Macleod to nudge Sale ahead with two penalties in the first 10 minutes. But Taumoepeau and Matt Mullan, who has committed himself to a new contract with Worcester despite being linked with a move to Saracens, recovered well. Sale were twice penalised for scrum offences and Andy Goode found the target with three penalties, the longest from halfway, to wipe out Sale's lead. Goode also had a sniff of a try-scoring opportunity when he blocked an attempted clearance from Rob Miller but tweaked a hamstring as he tried to gather the ball and did not reappear for the second half. Cueto, too old for Stuart Lancaster's youthful England squad, was back in action after he damaged a knee on Boxing Day. The 55 times-capped wing had a low-key return apart from tangling with his former England team-mate Shaun Perry which led to a scuffle involving 29 players. The closest Sale came to breaking down Worcester's stubborn defence came when the bobbled free but struck the corner flag just before David Seymour could touch down. It was left to Macleod to clinch the win with three second-half penalties though Sale had to charge down a last-gasp dropped goal attempt from Danny Gray, Goode's replacement, before they could celebrate victory.