Sale (6) 14
Tries: Cueto Pen: Hodgson 2 Drops: Hodgson
London Irish (8) 8
Try: Ojo Pen: Geraghty
 Cueto's performance was watched by England manager Martin Johnson
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Mark Cueto enhanced his England prospects after scoring his fourth try in three games as Sale defeated Premiership leaders London Irish.
The winger touched down in the 57th minute after fine work from Charlie Hodgson and substitute Mathew Tait.
Fly-half Hodgson added two penalties and a drop-goal.
London Irish had taken a 8-6 lead at half-time after winger Topsy Ojo's 29th minute try, with Shane Geraghty adding three points with a penalty.
Cueto's match-winning score was all the more well-timed with England manager Martin Johnson watching on from the stands.
However, the 29-year-old blotted his copybook when he was sent to the sin-bin soon after scoring for his part in an altercation with Exiles replacement hooker David Paice.
Earlier on, Sale forward Sebastien Chabal confronted a member of the Irish bench after words had been exchanged following a tackle on Ojo after just six minutes.
Hodgson's first penalty gave Sale an early lead, but the visitors took the lead courtesy of a sweeping move as Geraghty, Seilala Mapusua and Peter Hewat sent Ojo over in the right corner.
A Hodgson drop-goal saw Sale take the lead before the visitors regained the advantage at the interval when Hewat landed a 35th minute penalty.
The lead changed hands once more on 49 minutes when Hodgson landed his second penalty for a slender one-point lead.
But Cueto's fine try gave Sale a more comfortable margin of victory.
Sale: Cueto, Bell, Tuilagi, McAlister, Doherty, Hodgson, Peel; Faure, Jones, Roberts, Chabal, Schofield, Jones, Briggs, Fernandez Lobbe (capt).Replacements: Turner, Sheridan, Cockbain, Abraham, Wigglesworth, McLeod, Tait.
London Irish: Hewat, Ojo, Seveali'i, Mapusua, Homer, Geraghty, Hodgson; Dermody, Coetzee, Lea'aetoa, Hudson, Casey (capt), Danaher, Armitage, Hala'Ufia. Replacements: Corbisiero, Paice, Kennedy, Thorpe, Gower, Fury, Catt.
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