to a home game, hopefully on a warmer day. there was a little more success north of the border a5 giovanni van bronckhorst s first league game in charge of rangers ended in victory. the scottish premiership leaders 3 1 winner5 over livingston, fashion sakala leaping highest for their third. callum mcgregor s bizarre winner earned celtic a 2 1victory over aberdeen at parkhead. who move up into second a points behind rangers. saracens have reclaimed second place in the premiership after a 25 1a win over 1a man sale yesterday afternoon. billy vunipola celebrated his comeback from injury by creating the try that broke sale s resi5tance. the bulldozing number eight showed no ill effect from the knee injury that has kept him out for four weeks setting up sean maitland. that made it 18 0 and after that there was no way back for sale.
exeter got their first win of the season in rugby union s premiership against 1a man sale. sale were 10 0 up after ten minutes but had rohanjanse van rensburg sent off for a high tackle. henry slade scored two tries as he recorded 20 points in total. the 25 14 win moves exeter up to ninth place in the premiership table, while sale drop to sixth. leinster rose to third in the united rugby championship with a narrow victory over a dogged dragons team in newport. leinster led 7 0 at half time, thanks to a max deegan try and ross byrne conversion. dragons narrowed the deficit to a point but couldn t overhaul their irish opponents. elfyn evans boosted his world rally championship title hopes after winning rally finland on sunday. welshman evans finished 11! seconds ahead of estonian 0tt tanak to close the gap on the title rival and team mate sebastien 0gier