Dragons win over Salford
Salford Red Devils (6) 12
T : Weller Hauraki, George Griffin
G : Robert Lui 2
Catalans Dragons (10) 26
T : Ben Garcia, Julian Bousquet, Jodie Broughton 3
G : Tony Gigot 4
Jodie Broughton scored a second-half hat-trick as Catalans Dragons climbed off the bottom of the Betfred Super League with a commanding 26-12 win over Salford at St James’ Park.
It was a crucial match in the Dragons’ battle to avoid the bottom four and they rose to the challenge to move to within two points of the eight-placed Red Devils.
Weller Hauraki opened the scoring after a positive start by Salford but Catalans went into half-time with a slender lead thanks to efforts from Ben Garcia and Julian Bousquet.
Broughton went over for his 100th Super League try and made it three in 13 minutes to end Salford’s challenge.
George Griffin had the last word but the Red Devils were well beaten.
Match report
Salford : Evalds, Johnson, Welham, Sa’u, Olpherts, Lui, Littlejohn, Kopczak, Tomkins, Mossop, Griffin, Hauraki, Flanagan
Subs: Tasi, McCarthy, Wood, Murray
Dragons : Gigot, Brougthon, Mead, Wiliame, Tierney, Bird, Drinkwater, Simon, McIlorum, Moa, Jullien, Garcia, Casty
Subs: Baitieri, Bousquet, Baitieri, Maria
Stadium : St James’ Park
Referee: Gareth Hewer
Man of the match : Jodie Broughton