Salford 36 Widnes 8

Salford racked up a big win against Widnes to move to 4th In the Super League.

Salford opened the scoring after 3 minutes, Rangi Chase kicked though the Widnes defence for Ben Jones-Bishop to score. Josh Griffin converted to give Salford a 6-0 lead.

Salford increased their lead when a busy Michael Dobson kick was caught by Weller Hauraki who crossed for a try.

Widnes player Stefan Marsh was Sin binned by referee Ben Thaler for holding Dobson down after a impressive break by Liam Hood.

Widnes a man light found some rhythm and were rewarded when Paddy Flynn crossed for the visitors. Jack Owens converted.

Widnes kicked a penalty kick just before half time to make it 16-8 at the break.

Salford started the 2nd half very well and put Widnes under pressure. Lama Tasi broke the stubborn Widnes resistance to touched down by the posts.

Salford continued to open up the Widnes defence. Josh Griffin scored in the corner after good play by Patterson and Cory himself plucked a high ball from the sky to score shortly after.

Both tries went to the video ref and both were correctly given.

Scott Taylor put the icing on the cake with a battling solo effort towards the end.

A impressive Salford win very dominant throughout and lots of positives to take forward to Huddesfield on Good Friday.

Full Time Score Salford Red Devils 36-8 Widnes Vikings.

Castleford 30 Salford 16

Salfords 3 game unbeaten run came to an end as they went down 30-16 away at Castleford.

Tigers scored 1st ex Red Luke Dorn assisted Justin Carney who despite a heavy Salford presence in defence scored.  Luke Gale successfully converted and it was 6-0

Castleford doubled their lead Liam Finn scoring for the Tigers.

Salford struck back  Tommy Lee pounced on a great grubber kick by Rangi Chase and Josh Griffin converted. 12-6 all to play for.

Castleford extended their advantage a few minutes later Michael Shenton finishing of a flowing team move to score.

Salford still battled on, a Michael Dobson high hanging kick was spilt by the Castleford defence allowing ex Castleford star Weller Hauraki space to score Salford’s second try of the game.

As half time approached Rangi Chase and Castleford Tiger’s Justin Carney had a bit of a fight and both were sent to the sin bin.

Two minutes from half time Scott Wheeldon sliced though to score for Castleford taking the half time score to 22-12.

Castleford started the 2nd half the strongest Ben Jones-Bishop fumbled a Liam Finn bomb and Castleford scored to open up the gap further for the Tigers.

Castleford made the game safe with Carney's second try of the night before Ben Jones-Bishop scored a consolation for Salford after good hands by Josh Griffin with 10 minutes to go.

Castleford Tigers kicked a penalty in the dying second to end the scoring.

A tough night at the Jungle for Harris and his men who would have been looking to keep their winning run going and push further into to top 8.

Hopefully a better performance against Widnes on Thursday but the final score at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle was Castleford Tigers 30-16 Red Devils

Salford 24 Wakefield 18

Salford Red Devils made it 3 games undefeated and moved up to 6th place in Super League with a nail biting win over Wakefield.

Wakefield scored 1st. Jacob Miller collected a pass after a weaving run split the Salford Defence. Craig Hall converted.

Salford struck back within minutes Rangi Chase turned defence into attack intercepting a loose Wakefield pass and racing 50 meters before offloading to Greg Johnson to score. Josh Griffin converted and it was 6-6

Salford put Wakefield under pressure and it paid off, Weller Hauraki burst his way through some weak Wakefield defence to score. Griffin added the extras.

Half time came and the score was  12 – 6, did Salford have enough in the tank to see the game out?

Second half started brightly for Salford. A Theo Fages break caused chaos in the Wildcats defence allowing Rangi Chase space to score the third of the afternoon for Salford.

Wakefield were still in the contest Paul McShane scored to the left of the posts and Salford fans started to fear the worst.

Adrian Morley on his 300th Super league game came to the rescue for the Reds.
He picked up a loose pass and ran 40m to put Salford in a great position.
Next tackle it was Junior Sa’u on the right wing that collected a long Chase pass to score. Griffin Converted and the score was Salford 24 Wakefield 12.

Wakefield set up a tence last 5 minutes. Craig Hall crossed to close the gap to 6 but  Salford hung on to extend their unbeaten run of games to 3.

Catalan 40 Salford 40

Salford Red Devils sneaked a draw in the south of France after a 80 point thriller.

Junior Sau gave Salford a great start barging over in the opening minutes.
Salford increased their lead Josh Griffin collecting a offload from Cory Patterson to score.  Griffin converted his own effort and Salford lead 10-0.

A bit of magic by Theo Fagas sent  Patterson crashing over and Salford had a healthy lead.

Salford were red hot and scored again shortly after. Tommy Lee punishing some slack Catalans defence running in the Red Devils' fourth score.

Catalan  Dragons' got back in the game Taia scoring their first try.

Scott Dureau converted and further trys cut Salfords lead at half time to 18-22 Duport and Pomeroy going over for the Dragons

In the 2nd half a Theo Fages interception brought up Salfords fifth try, Catalans hit back with Pomeroy diving over for his second.

Rangi Chase increased the visitors' lead with his first try of the season assisted by Kevin Locke but again Catalans came back, Oldfield catching a Dureau kick to score in the corner.

Dureau succeeded with two kicks to make it 32-32, but he failed to convert two further Catalan tries by Whitehead and Henderson which was crucial.

Cory Patterson grabbed his second of the game reaching over the line with 3 minutes to go.

Catalan Dragons conceded a penalty for not playing the ball correctly and Josh Griffin kicked the penalty to secured a point in the south of France for Salford.

Salford play Wakefield at home next week, the start of a run of fixtures which will make or break Salfords season.