Ulster draw Glasgow: Werner Kok in action for Ulster during a rugby match, carrying the ball between two defenders.
Ulster draw Glasgow: Werner Kok in action for Ulster during a rugby match, carrying the ball between two defenders.
Home team Newcastle Red Bulls
Away team Sale Sharks
Venue Kingston Park
Competition Prem
Kick-off time 7:45 pm (UK)
Watch Live in the UK TNT Sports/HBO Max
Newcastle Red Bulls vs Sale Sharks Prem preview as the sides meet in round four of the competition after disappointing results in Europe. Newcastle Red Bulls are still searching for their first win of the season, having lost their opening three games, but they have picked up four bonus points. Sale currently sit seventh in a congested table on nine points. They are three points behind the league leaders despite having won the same number of games.
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Newcastle Red Bulls vs Sale Sharks confirmed lineups
Newcastle Red Bulls Sale Sharks
Forwards
Rakete-Stones 1
McGuigan 2
Millar Mills 3
Usher 4
Jordan 5
Hicks 6
Christie 7
Sotutu 8
Backs
Benitez Cruz 9
Connon 10
Kok 11
Rigg 12
Harris 13
Wade 14
Hodge 15
Replacements
Togiatama 16
West 17
Moreno 18
Tuima 19
Leatherbarrow 20
Graham 21
Elliott 22
Henry 23
Recent Form:
Newcastle Red Bulls (Home team):
Result Date Competition Opponent Score
Loss 17th October 2026 Challenge Cup Scarlets 47-14
Loss 11th October 2026 Prem Exeter Chiefs 34-28
Loss 3rd October 2026 Prem Leicester Tigers 19-24
Loss 25th September 2026 Prem Northampton Saints 59-26
Won 12th September 2026 Prem Cup Leicester Tigers 24-36
Newcastle Red Bulls have had a difficult start to the season outside the Prem Cup. They followed up three defeats in the Prem with a loss to Scarlets in the Challenge Cup. They conceded seven tries in the first 67 minutes of the game, and it was only after the game was finished that Newcastle were able to score two in consolation.
Sale Sharks (Away team):
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Result Date Competition Opponent Score
Loss 17th October 2026 Champions Cup Glasgow Warriors 27-47
Won 11th October 2026 Prem Harlequins 28-24
Won 4th October 2026 Prem Saracens 17-21
Loss 26th September 2026 Prem Bristol Bears 24-34
Loss 12th September 2026 Prem Cup Gloucester 43-26
Sale Sharks suffered a heavy defeat in the Champions Cup, after a solid start to their Prem campaign. They got off to a strong start, scoring two tries in the opening 10 minutes. Their discipline would let them down, and after two yellow cards they went into the break 21-15 behind. Glasgow would go on to score four more second-half tries and Sale would lose the game by 20.
Newcastle Red Bulls vs Sale Sharks head-to-head record (last five matches):
Date Competition Winner Score
30th May 2026 Prem Newcastle Red Bulls 45-42
10th October 2025 Prem Sale Sharks 57-5
21st March 2025 Prem Sale Sharks 15-39
16th February 2025 Prem Cup Sale Sharks 19-17
22nd November 2024 Prem Cup Newcastle Red Bulls 28-27
Newcastle Red Bulls won the meeting between the sides at the end of last season but the Sale Sharks had won the three matches before that. Three of the last five meetings have been decided by three points or less.
Predictions
Over 90 points to be scored in the match.
Newcastle Red Bulls victory by fewer than 10 points.
A huge fan of rugby and Liverpool FC, Jonny has been writing about both for several years. Having played rugby to a high level Jonny likes to give analytical insights as well as staying up to date with the latest news. Jonny has been an avid Liverpool fans since a child and his oldest memory is watching Liverpool win number five in Istanbul at the age of eight.
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