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  Salford RLFC finished their 1 st season in the Championship with fantastic victory against Batley at Mount Pleasant. There was no major surprises in the Salford starting 17 with Jack Homes on the wing, Kieran Dixon at Fullback, Fin Yates in the front row and Damola Lola on the bench. There was early worry for Salford RLFC as Charlie Glover left the field with a head knock, he did return later in game, Salford opened the scoring after 9 minutes after good work by the Salford pack particular 2 nd row forward Reece Stanton with a strong run allowing Brad Dyer to go short side from the play of the ball 10 metres out he sent centre Joe Hartley over in the corner. Kieran Dixon converted the try and Salford lead 6-0. Batley looked to strike back with a immediate response, after The Bulldogs built some pressure of their own a little kick though by caused Jack Bibby to push the ball dead for a drop out, this action resulted in a bit of a ruck with several players involved, eventuall...

  Salford RLFC gave Oldham a scare in the sun shine  at Boundary Park on Sunday. Dec Murphy continued at Fullback for the Reds, Jack Homes moved into the centres, with loanees  Corey Jay Sharpe and Oli Polec who was impressive during  his stints on the field started on the bench, A decent away following cheered Dave Hewitt's men onto the field hoping for a better performance than last time out against Swinton Lions. Salford started the brighter of the two teams with hooker Brad Dwyer being creative around the ruck almost allowing Joe Hartley to send winger Kieran Dixon over in the corner, unfortunately the Oldham defence stood firm and Dixon was pushed into touch. Salford's early strong play paid off after 6 minutes, good defensive pressure from the Reds caused a error in the Oldham attack on half way,  half back Lewis Pilling hacked the ball on  and after some football style skills from centre Joe Hartley allowed the centre to retrieved the ball and crash ...

  IMPROVED PERFORMANCE BRINGS NUMBER OF SMALL WINS AND PROMISE Salford RLFC 0  Oulton Raidettes 42 Match Report  David Clegg Not for the first time in recent weeks, Salford Ladies’ team was required to perform another ‘David & Goliath’ act, last Sunday, when they entertained Oulton Raidettes in their final home game of the season, though without the successful outcome of the Biblical story. With a team comprised of older teenagers, and only a couple of more experienced players, the home side had to contend with successive onslaughts on their defence, and frequently on their try line, from a team of older, physically stronger and more mature opponents, who revelled in their physical superiority throughout the encounter. After receiving buffettings from Cardiff and Swinton in their most recent games, the Salford players were determined to improve on those performances and make their mark on the game, despite the odds being so heavily stacked against them, and this...

  It was Derby Day at the Brick Stadium in Wigan on Saturday as fierce rivals Salford RLFC and Swinton Lions faced off in the championship in glorious Sunshine. 1 st opportunity of the game went Swinton Lions way after 6 nervous minutes for both sides a strong run by Swintons Josh Eaves created space on the outside but a forward pass by Centre Arron Lynch trying to find Ellis Anderson let Salford off the hook. A 26 man brawl broke out shortly after as Derby Day tensions spilled out on the field. Both sets of players did not take a backward step, Salford's Danny Lynch Charlie Glover were both sent to the Sin bin for potential part of a tip tackle or the frackar that followed and Salford were down to 11 men after 8 minutes. Swinton Lions cranked the pressure with their extra men on the field a kick by Stand off Luca Walsh caused Salford fullback Kieran Dixon to push the ball dead and concede a drop out, from the resulting set of six tackles some strong defence by Salford forced a...