Hull FC 42 Salford 20

Salford arrived at the Kc Stadium with renewed hope and optimism for the new season.

It was a poor start with Matt Sarsfield making a mistake from the kickoff but real resilient defensive effort saw Salford keep there line intact.

Shortly after though Hull bust Salford down the middle and went 6 nil up.
Gaz O brien linked brilliantly with Robert Lui and good quick hands off a lovely move saw Junior Sau put Josh Griffin over! Kick was added and it was 6-6.

That was as good as it got in the first half as Hulls superior power in the forwards were to strong and scored four unanswered tries to lead 26-6 at the break.

The second half started much the same as the first with three more hull tries and some poor defending from Salford. 46-6 down with 25 minutes left we feared the worst! Salford showed grit and determination to rescue some pride with tries from Robert Lui, Junior Sau and Niall Evalds.

Tommy Lee was sin binned for fighting with Liam Watts of Hull. Strangely Watts stayed on the pitch and Hull received the penalty.

Ben Murdoch Massalla looked unstoppable at times and shows there is promise for the season. Junior Sau also looked very steady again.
Josh Jones looked more comfortable when switched to the pack.

The Salford supporters were fantastic all night and really got behind the lads travelling in good numbers! Hopefully they will be rewarded for there patience this season. All is not lost and there were positives to take from the last 20 minutes.

It doesn't get any easier for Salford though with St Helens the visitors to the AJ Bell stadium on Thursday night.

Final score
Hull FC 42 Salford 20