Sunday 7 May 2017

super league review

Its been another exciting week of super league action, Read all about it here

 
Huddesfield Giants 21 Castleford 26

Castleford Tigers continued their good form with a win against Huddesfield Giants.
It was  a pulsaiting encounter with both sides Joel Monahan opened the scoring from the Tigers but Huddesfield hit back with 2 tries from Jake Mamo gave them  the lead at half time.

Ex Red Greg Eden swung the game the Tigers way with a try and despite a hatrick score for Mamo Castleford hung on for another big win
 

Warrington 40 St Helens 18

Warrington now recovered from their early season woes with another top display beating St Helens.
Saints took the lead in the game through early tries from Adam Swift and Ryan Morgan and built a 14-0 lead.

Warrington found some form and belief and this helped Benjamin Jullien and Mike Cooper cross for the hosts before half-time, a Harvey Livett's try put them in front after the break as Saints struggled to slow the Warrington juggernaut.

Two tries for Ryan Atkins was the highlight as the Wolves are now showing their teeth in Super League.
 
Wigan  16 Salford Red Devils 31

Salford secured a away win at the home of the champions Wigan Warriors for the 1st time in 20 years.  After a week of rumour and hearsay it was just what the fans and players of Salford Red Devils needed.

Salford were in total control throughout and lead at half time with  tries from Niall Evalds, Kris Welham and Ben Murdoch-Masila.
Wigan mounted a comeback in the 2nd half with Tom Davies, Ryan Sutton and Lewis Tierney going over for Wigan but a Gaz Obrien penality and drop goal gave Salford Red Devils fans a night to remember.
 
Leigh 26 Wakefield 40

Wakefield beat a strong leigh side to move into 6th place in the Super League.
The visitors raced into a 20-0 lead with tries from Jacob Miller, Danny Kirmond and Reece Lyne and despite Leigh finding a bit of form and mounting a mini come back Wakefield Trinity were head and shoulders better than the Centurions.

Ex Red Mason Caton Brown got over the line for Trinity who are looking in good form approaching the business end of the season
 
Catalan 24 Leeds 30

Leeds beat Catalan in the south of France to keep their good form going.

Catalan gave the Rhinos a real test and lead at the break with tries from Louis Anderson, Julian Bousquet and Brayden Wiliame.
In a see saw battle Leeds got back in the game with tries from Adam Cuthbertson and Rob Burrow and after a penality for Catalan by Ex Red Richie Myler the Rhinos had to rely on Danny McGuire scoring with 3 minutes to go to nick the points

Widnes 22 Hull 33

 


Hull FC produced a stunning comeback win against Widnes.

Widnes looked good for a win when tries from Chris Houston, Rhys Hanbury and two from Patrick Ah Van opened up a lead.

Two Tries by Jamie Shaul was part of a 5 Try blitz by Hull in the 2nd half which eventually sunk the Vikings.

 
Samoa 10  England 30

England recorded a comfortable 30-10 win over Samoa in their final warm-up match before the Rugby League World Cup, Ex Red Stef Rachford was on the score sheet which help England build a 0-14 lead at half time.


Tries from Joey Leilua and Anthony Milford in the 2nd half for Samoa give England something to think about but England saw the game out and secured the win with tries from James Graham and Jermaine McGillvary

Your listeing to this weeks Devil in the Detail podcast for all your Salford Red Devils. We are joined by David Cambell (@willowsroad) to talk about his new idea of promoting Salford and getting fans involved in, Super leagues Tanya Arnold joins us to talk about salfords season so far we cover all the big stories including Justin Carney and the potential Manchester name change, Dobbo, Bibby and Johnson talk to us about the Widnes win as we preview the game v Wigan on Friday





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