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Salford Red Devils were part of a write off petition on the 3rd December 2025. After a horrific season in Super League which started with enthusiasm with new owners promising a bright future but after months of broken promises, Broken dreams and broken hearts and 86 players  the Salford Red Devils club were finally declared deceased. The phoenix club rose from the ashes in January and after a leadership competition between Mason Caton Brown and Chris Irwin the RFL announced that Masons consortium were to be given to the chance to rebuild the club. Ryan Brierley former Salford player, Paul Hancock, Malcom Crompton were announced as part of the  leadership group. Salford RLFC 1st Head Coach was Mike Grady. Grady previously worked for the club as head coach of the women's team in 2023 and also held roles at Widnes Vikings and Rochdale Hornets. He and the leadership group was tasked to build a squad in 11 days as Salford faced Oldham in 1st game of the championship season. The 16t...

Swinton Lions recorded their 1st Points of the season drawing with Keighley at Heywood Road in a thrilling encounter. Swinton opened the scoring after 3 minutes as Connor Parkinson dived over in the corner, Reece Briers converted and the Lions lead 6-0. The Lions were in good form playing some exciting stuff for new coach Alan Murray who was celebrating again when after 8 minutes Parkinson found his way over for his 2nd of the game after minutes. Briers goaled again  and Swinton lead 12-0. Keighley came back into the contest after 24 minutes when George Flanagan crashed over by the posts to half their lead with a goal from Izac Farrell. Keighley has the momentum at this point and Swinton had to battle hard, fortunately for Swinton they came up with a sucker punch as Fullback Louise Roberts direct from a scrum extended their lead after 33 minutes. Briers goaled again and the lions lead 18-6. Keighley kept pushing to get back into the contest just before half time but some heroic lio...

 Anyone on the Widnes side who thought that the newly formed Salford Ladies team would be an easy take in Sundays opening league fixture at the home of the Halton Hornets amateur side must have had to amend their expectations quite rapidly as the game started to unfold in the most surprising of manners. New sides take time to settle and to jell. They are unsure of one another and the hesitancy this leads to can cause the havoc in both attack and defence, and this new look Salford team comprised of fourteen brand new faces, the three survivors from last season being hooker and skipper Taz Corcoran, centre and joint vice captain Alex Simpson and fullback Anna Dennis. When you look at them, however, who else but them would you have wanted in place of any of them, If you could only retain three individuals. It is not only their undeniable loyalty to the club, which they bring, it is the wonderful talent they each possess, and which will be so fundamental to the foundation and subsequen...

Salford Red Devils were made to work hard in the victory over London on Sunday at the Salford Community stadium.  Without  Ryan Brierley, Amir Bourouh, Cade Cust and Jack Ormondroyd in the starting 17 Paul Rowley selected Chris Hankinson at Fullback Joe Shorrocks at Hooker, Chris Atkin continued his half back partnership with Marc Sneyd and a graduate from Salford Red Devils development academy Nathan Connell took his place on the Bench. Salford had early pressure as repeat sets on the London line tested the broncos line. Unfortunately for the Red Devils  they were unable to come up with the score. As the 1st half went on it became littered with errors from both teams causing it to be a scrappy contest nether side really got hold of.  Salford thought they had opened the scoring when after a period of pressure resulted in a high kick from Marc Sneyd being collected by Salford Centre Nene McDonald who dived over the line in front of the South Stand. Unfortunately for S...

Devil In The Detail SRD · Paul King Pop up Podcast Cast your mind back to Salford’s first Super League match at the new stadium. Just over twelve years ago, 4th February 2012 Salford played Castleford in the snow losing 10-24. It was a horrendous day weather wise and for me personally it took over two hours to get home at full time. A lot has happened in the world of Salford Red Devils since that day both on and off the pitch! The weather was fine and dry for this fixture with a hint of spring in the air. After a very encouraging display at Leeds last Friday a home fixture was the perfect opportunity to get 2024 up and running.  Paul Rowley made just one change to his starting thirteen with loose forward Joe Shorrocks replacing the injured Oliver Partington, while Castleford fielded an unchanged starting 13 from last weekend. The Red Devils dominated the opening stages with plenty of possession as they battered the Tigers try line. Former Salford hero Malcolm Alker was proudly re...

Devil In The Detail SRD · Paul King Pop up Podcast On the way to Leeds last Friday I chatted with my dad and daughter Imogen about the eighty minutes in store. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what to expect from Salford. I knew Leeds would come out all guns blazing in front of a big expectant crowd and they duly did. The Red Devils certainly took the sting out of their hosts and quietened the crowd down. Marc Sneyd was excellent with his place kicking and ability to guide the team. One thing that stood out was Salford’s heroic defence. The Rhinos have a huge pack but they failed to bust Salford through the middle. Paul Rowley’s side defended their goal line like trojans at times.  The highlight of the first half saw Leeds winger Ash Handley race away to score a try that will be right up there as a try of the season contender. My dad likened Handley to the late, great John Atkinson who used to terrorise defences in the 60s,70s and early 80s for Leeds. Another player with a ma...