Salford Red Devils Ladies 92 Widnes Ladies 0 Match report
Salford Red Devils ladies picked up their 2nd home win of the week and broke a try scoring record against Widnes Vikings.
Alex Simpson started at fullback in place of the absent Luci Mckeown, Viki Kini and Helena Walker started in the 2nd row and Sarina Tamou played at Loose forward for the Red Devils.
Widnes has suffered a number of withdrawals before kickoff due to holidays and injuries and fielded a youthful team but Salford didn’t let this effect their performance with a clinical display.
Salford started well and from a Demi Jones kick chaos ensued in the Widnes defence allowing captain Louise Fellingham to catch the ball and score Salfords 1st try.
Salford Centre Sadie Rihari continued her good form in a Salford shirt with a Mazey run and assisting Taz Corcoran’s 1st try of the afternoon. Salford were in control.
Brogan Evans who was playing on the wing against Widnes used her pace and strength to scoot over the line from the play of the ball to keep Salfords momentum going.
Salford showed that they can score from all areas of the field, GB Teachers international Alex Simpson was next on the score sheet racing through the overworked Widnes defence from long range.
Taz Cocoran showed her quality with Salfords next try , attacking the Widnes defence on the half way line she found a gap and raced under the posts much to the delight of the Salford faithful watching at the AJ Bell.
Salford started going though the gears in attack and in the contest were now expressing themselves with some fine long range tries, Demi Jones and Sadi Rihari linked up to send Alex Simpson away from a scrum deep in Salfords half. Lauren Ellison zig zagged her way though the Widnes defence from 60 metres and Sadie Rihari collected a kick return and scored from 50 metres
Half time Salford lead 50-0 playing some sensational rugby.
It was all one way traffic in the 2nd half another Alex Simpson break allows Taz Corcoran to assist Lauren Ellison with a peach of a pass for the winger to race away to score.
Lauren Ellison got her hatrick try when Brogan Evans tricky short side run caught out the Widnes defence.
It was warm work for both sets of forwards and Salfords England international Sarina Tamou registered a score bulldozing her way though the Widnes defence to score by the posts.
Alex Simpson ran 90m from a scrum but was hauled down 5 metres from the line by a desperate Widnes defender, hooker Taz Corcoran was on hand to collect her hat trick try from the play of the ball.
Brogan Evans who terrorised a tiring Widnes defence all afternoon twisted her way over for her 2nd to keep the score board ticking over.
Scrum half Demi Jones was next on the score sheet, shimmying her way over the line from 10 metres, Demi kicked 14 goals from 16 attempts to give her personal 32 point tally.
The final score of the afternoon came from Winger Lauren Ellison who from kickoff sliced though the Widnes defence and ran 60 metres to score under the posts to complete the route. With 7 tries in the last 3 games coming to the business end of the season she is doing the business for Salford Red Devils.
Head Coach Chris Bates Said
“First of all, credit to Widnes. They had a number of first team players unavailable and handed debuts to a number of young players. I hope that Sundays experience will stand them in good stead in their future careers.
We weren’t sure what we were up against but we talked about preparing properly after a tough game Wednesday and showing our professionalism. The score line tells you that we did exactly that and I’m pleased”
We recover now, I expect us to work hard through the break after that and prepare well for Hull FC, who are coming to us on the back of two good results. Our work now turns to being ready for that”
Final score Salford 92 Widnes 0
Report by Rob Parkinson
Pictures by Marissa Chaplin
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