Henry Arundell leads Bath to nervy win against Sale as Borthwick takes note

• Bath 28-16 Sale

• Hosts made to work for win by stubborn Sharks side

Almost everything is going ­swimmingly for Bath right now. At long last their long-awaited ­stadium redevelopment looks ready to ­happen and, on the field, the champions are two from two after the first couple of weekends. With Finn ­Russell due back in action next week to regain the fly-half baton, it is going to take a ­seriously good side to steal their crown.

On a wet and windy night in ­Somerset, even so, they were made to work extremely hard for it by a ­stubborn Sale team who stuck in the fight and refused to go away. It was only with three minutes left that Max Ojomoh slid in to score his side's bonus point try to maintain his squad's perfect start to the campaign.