| # | | SAL Sale | RPI | | NEW Newcastle | RPI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ross Harrison | 72 |  | Rob Vickers | ||
| 2 |  | Rob Webber | 64 | | Scott Lawson | ||
| 3 | | Halani 'Aulika |  | Jon Welsh | 63 | ||
| 4 |  | Bryn Evans | 65 |  | Calum Green | 69 | |
| 5 | | Jonathan Mills |  | Sean Robinson | 64 | ||
| 6 |  | Cameron Neild | 64 |  | Mark Wilson | 66 | |
| 7 | | Magnus Lund |  | Will Welch | 60 | ||
| 8 | | TJ Ioane | | Opeti Fonua | |||
| 9 | | Mike Phillips |  | Sonatane Takulua | 63 | ||
| 10 |  | Byron McGuigan | 70 |  | Joel Hodgson | 53 | |
| 11 | | Will Addison |  | Vereniki Goneva | 66 | ||
| 12 |  | Mark Jennings | 65 | | Juan Pablo Socino | ||
| 13 |  | Sam James | 62 |  | Chris Harris | 60 | |
| 14 |  | Denny Solomona | 63 | | Belisario Agulla | ||
| 15 | | Mike Haley |  | Alex Tait | 55 | ||
Substitutes | |||||||
| # | | SAL Sale | RPI | | NEW Newcastle | RPI | |
| 16 | | Neil Briggs |  | Kyle Cooper | 63 | ||
| 17 |  | James Flynn | 62 | | Ben Harris | ||
| 18 | | Kieran Longbottom | | Scott Wilson | |||
| 19 |  | George Nott | 48 | | Evan Olmstead | ||
| 20 |  | Ben Curry | 71 | | Nili Latu | ||
| 21 | | Peter Stringer | | Samson Egerton | |||
| 22 |  | Johnny Leota | 58 | | Mike Delany | ||
| 23 | | Dan Mugford |  | Dominic Waldouck | 49 | ||
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