After listening to Mr Clinton, many felt that he was grappling honestly with difficult choices rather than merely waffling that he was having a dialogue on raceinside his own head, as one commentator put it.
Sale wasted two good opportunities after Hodgson's fourth penalty before the fly-half's inspired try, feigning an inside lay-off to Elvis Seveali'i, beating Malone with a side-step before sprinting inside Alex Crockett to race over untouched.