Dragons beaten at Salford


 
 

Salford Red Devils (12) 32

T : Jake Bibby, Niall Evalds, Greg Johnson, Josh Jones, Kris Welham
G : Robert Lui 6

Catalans Dragons (4) 16

T : Fouad Yaha 2, Greg Bird
G : Tony Gigot 2

 

Salford Red Devils continued their impressive home form with a convincing 32-16 victory over struggling Catalans Dragons.

Robert Lui had a perfect record with the boot - kicking 12 points from six attempts - as the Red Devils ran in five tries to Catalans' three to record their third win in four matches at the AJ Bell Stadium.

Jake Bibby opened the scoring after 10 minutes after good work from Niall Evalds before the full-back turned from provider to scorer to cross under the posts to move 12-0 ahead.

Fouad Yaha touched down in the corner to reduce the deficit to 12-4 for the Dragons after Weller Hauraki was sin-binned for the hosts, but winger Greg Johnson put Salford 14 points clear when he dotted down unopposed.

Yaha scored a 95-metre interception try to cut the gap once more, only for Lui to add a penalty as Salford led 20-10 before Josh Jones and Kris Welham crossed to put the home side out of sight, with Greg Bird scoring a solo consolation effort late on.

 

Team sheet

Salford : Evalds, Johnson, Sa’u, Welham, Bibby, Lui, Wood, Mossop, Tomkins, Kopczak, Jones, Hauraki, Flanagan
Subs: Littlejohn, Tasi, Burgess, Nakubuwai

Dragons : Tierney, Brougthon, Mead, Wiliame, Yaha, Gigot, Langi, Casty, McIlorum, Moa, Bird, Garcia, Baitieri
Subs : Aiton, Bousquet, Simon, Jullien

Stadium : AJ Bell Stadium

Referee : Gareth Hewer

Sin bin :

Salford : Weller Hauraki