On a crisp but sunny day, the Dogs shrugged off a subdued first-half performance to ease to victory against winless Cambridge.
The visitors were certainly not lacking confidence at the start of the game and took the lead in the 7th minute when hooker, Chris Mills, dived over after several phases from the forwards.
The Blood and Sand continued to create opportunities and moved further ahead as a clever kick through saw winger, Charlie Tamani, collect the bouncing ball to score; Luke Bouchier added the extras.
Sale were unusually inaccurate when in possession but closed the gap on 30 minutes when Fergus Mulchrone showed fine footwork to glide in. A catch and drive from 5m then saw Josh Brown level the scores before James Mitchell’s second conversion meant the Dogs lead, somewhat fortunately, at the break. HT 14-12
The start of the second period saw Sale in much finer fettle. First, a mini break from James Robins led to Dafydd Rees collecting his pass and splashing over. Then a superb kick through the defence was dived on by replacement wing, Arthur Scrase, for a converted try.
Midway through the half, the Dogs struck again, Oli Longmore benefitting from a strong maul to the line, but the visitors showed tremendous spirit to bounce back with a try from Ben Gibson.
A penalty try 10 minutes from time saw the Dogs extend the lead again with Mills shown a yellow card, but both sides were down to 14 men just a minute later when Corbin Thunder was sin-binned for the hosts.
In the last 5 minutes, the sides exchanged scores with Longmore grabbing his second for Sale before Tamani matched the feat for Cambridge.
The last play of the game saw Osian Roberts slide through a gap to score under the posts before Mitchell made it 5 conversions from 7. FT 52-22
Another high scoring game at the Morson Stadium with the Dogs taking the bonus point win to stay 5th and set up an intriguing clash away at 6th place Rosslyn Park next week