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Mansfield 2 Lincoln 1: match report

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Mansfield 2 Lincoln 1: Stags scrape through to set up glamour tie with Liverpool

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23:01 GMT, 12 December 2012

Louis Briscoe's late winner earned the Stags a bumper pay-day and a dream meeting with Premier League aristocrats Liverpool in Round Three.

The wide midfielder produced a neat finish to settle this replay 13 minutes from time as the Stags edged their way past Blue Square Premier rivals Lincoln City to set-up a classic tie against the five-time European Champions.

Briscoe sidefooted home after midfielder Anthony Howell had intelligently fed the ball into his path to leave home boss Paul Cox around 200,000 better off.

Big win: Mansfield celebrate victory over Lincoln in the FA Cup and will now face Liverpool

Big win: Mansfield celebrate victory over Lincoln in the FA Cup and will now face Liverpool

Match facts

Mansfield: Marriott, Beevers, Geohaghon, Dempster, Thompson (Sutton 46), Meikle, Howell, Clements, Briscoe, Green, Hutchinson (Rhead 61).

Subs Not Used: Speight, Wright, Murray, Stevenson, Daniel.

Booked: Howell.

Goals: Farman 14 og, Briscoe 77.

Lincoln City: Farman, Gilbert, Boyce, Miller, Gray, Smith (Larkin 81), Mills (Oliver 80), Fofana, Sheridan (Robinson 86), Power, Jamie Taylor.

Subs Not Used: Turner, Robson, Nicolau, Morgan.

Booked: Power.

Goals: Smith 41.

Att: 5,304

Ref: Darren Sheldrake (Surrey).

The FA Cup always throws up those ironies. And Imps' boss David Holdsworth was the unfortunate victim of one here.

The
former Sheffield United defender, now in charge of the Imps, was at
Mansfield when he signed Briscoe. How that winner must have hurt as the
well-travelled non-leaguer enjoyed his moment in spotlight.

In so
doing, he earned Mansfield only their third clash against the Reds. The
last one, in the League Cup, was 41 years ago. The crowd at the One
Call Stadium, were in raptures at the final whistle as the prospect of
welcoming Brendan Rodgers to their corner of north Nottinghamshire
became a reality.

Mansfield had already banked one windfall.
Money from televising this replay was already in the bank. And
broadcasters ESPN ensured this game went ahead in sub-zero temperatures
by spending 77,000 on a giant balloon to stop the pitch from freezing.

The
hosts rose to the occasion early on and were given the lead in the 15th
minute. Chris Clements' free-kick was floated into the area and John
Dempster rose highest. The header did not carry much power but it looped
onto the woodwork and entere the net, having first struck keeper Paul
Farman.

Lincoln's keeper made stops either side of Adam Smith's
superbly-taken 40th-minute equaliser to keep his team in it. They were
given a huge filip when the former Mansfield man broke beyond the home
rearguard before supplying a class finish, lobbing home keeper Alan
Marriott.

Winner: Louis Briscoe fires home Mansfield's second goal against Lincoln and celebrates (below)

Winner: Louis Briscoe fires home Mansfield's second goal against Lincoln and celebrates (below)

Louis Briscoe of Mansfield celebrates after he scores their second goal

But as the game headed towards extra time, Briscoe
decided the tie with a neat finish to bring set up a tie with the
Merseysiders – albeit this time no doubt in front of a larger fireside
audience in the New Year.

Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox said: 'I'm
delighted for everyone involved with the club, the chairman, fans but
most especially the players.

'We have had some tough matches
against Lincoln and this was no exception, made more difficult if that
was possible, because of what was at stake.

'I think we deserved it overall and now we have the prospect of welcoming Liverpool which is great for everyone.'

Hull FC 34 Salford Reds 26

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Hull FC 34 Salford Reds 26: Too little too late as Reds suffer play-off blow

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16:39 GMT, 29 July 2012

Salford Reds' play-off aspirations suffered a blow as Hull FC held off their stirring comeback at the KC Stadium to edge a close encounter 34-26.

Jordan Turner's late try for Hull against his former club finally settled a game which hung in the balance after the Reds threatened to upset the hosts with two tries for Sean Gleeson and Ashley Gibson.

A missed Daniel Holdsworth conversion with 10 minutes remaining left Hull defending a slender two-point lead until Turner's late score gave the home side the two points which keeps them sixth in the Stobart Super League table.

The Reds remain 10th – four points from the play-offs.

Hull coach Peter Gentle had spoken of his side's need to get to grips early on with Super League's fast starters.

Salford have developed a successful habit of scoring early tries this year, but it was the hosts who raced into a 12-point lead thanks to the efforts of one of their rising stars.

Tom Lineham got his first taste of Super League in last Monday's televised Hull derby and, following his second-half cameo in the hostile environment of Craven Park, the 20-year-old revelled in being on home turf for the first time as he was handed a first start for Hull.

Within six minutes of kick-off, talk of Hull having found a new Tom Briscoe was already echoing around the KC as Lineham set Hull on their way with a well-taken first try before braking 60 metres down field to set up a second try of the afternoon for Hull, Kirk Yeaman this time the scorer.

Salford were shocked into life and, after being caught by their own game, the Reds came back into the match through Ashley Gibson's well-worked try in the corner.

The centre's pace and power took him over the try line and sparked a period of dominance by the visitors, who made their territorial possession count minutes later when Jodie Broughton avenged an earlier error to go over unopposed in the corner to complete a flowing move out wide.

Salford's moment in the sun did not last long, however, and Lineham again set Hull on their way.

It was the winger's break which set up field position for Joe Westerman to break the Reds' defensive line and score.

Lineham completed a half to remember on the half-time hooter, leaving Broughton flat-footed as he dived over in the corner to give his side a 12-point half-time advantage.

The game became fractured in the second half, but Hull took the opportunity to go three tries clear with a simple penalty conversion for on-loan St Helens winger Jamie Foster.

That decision looked even wiser when Gleeson, who next year will wear the red and white of Hull KR, exploited poor Hull defending to score approaching the final quarter.

The Reds senses a comeback and it looked on when they capitalised on Hull's ill discipline through a second try for Gibson.

Daniel Holdsworth's missed conversion left Salford four points behind, but the visitors remained on top.

Hull were then thankful when another Salford infringement, this time for holding down, allowed Foster to kick a penalty from in front of the posts.

The Reds continued to press, and got their rewards when Gleeson touched down by the corner flag on the break.

Holdsworth had a chance to level the game but hooked his touchline conversion as Hull breathed a sigh of relief.

The visitors continued to mount a serious challenge but with the clock ticking down, ex-Salford player Turner popped up five metres out to take an off-load and seal the points for Hull.

Salford 8 Widnes 46: Hanbury on song as Vikings stun Reds

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21:45 GMT, 20 July 2012

Salford's hopes of a top eight finish
in Super League suffered a massive setback as Widnes ran in eight tries
in an emphatic win.

Scrum-half Rhys Hanbury was the star
of the show with two tries and eight goals, while Patrick Ah Van and
Cameron Phelps also bagged two tries each for the rampant Vikings.

Widnes, hammered 38-18 at home by Salford in February, went into the clash in confident mood after a resounding 40-10 win over Castleford and a narrow one-point defeat by St Helens.

However, the Vikings were without skipper Jon Clarke, Paddy Flynn and Shaun Briscoe although Stefan Marsh, Joe Mellor and Ah Van had all recovered from knocks.

The Reds were also buoyed by successive victories against Warrington and Hull KR and decided to delay the debut of 35-year-old assistant coach Sean Long, who was registered as a player with the club this week.

Youngster Mark Sneyd continued at scrum-half alongside Exiles star Daniel Holdsworth after Matty Smith's move to Wigan, with Sean Gleeson back in the centre.

Ashley Gibson kept his place after the late withdrawal of Joel Moon and the Reds clearly missed his power in midfield.

Widnes had an early Hep Cahill try disallowed by referee James Child for an infringement in the build-up and then Paul McShane was held up over the line.

It was a bright start by the Vikings but Salford should have scored when Hanbury lost possession and Vinnie Anderson and Holdsworth broke clear.

A niggly opening kept the officials busy with desperate Salford defence again denying Marsh when he looked a certain scorer.

Widnes were rewarded for their perseverance when John Kite's charge set up the chance for Hanbury to send Phelps bursting through Lee Jewitt's tackle after 24 minutes.

Hanbury booted the conversion and Widnes went further ahead three minutes later when Phelps' pass took a deflection from a defender before Ah Van touched down in the corner.

Hanbury kicked the goal off the touchline to make it 12-0 as Salford struggled to reproduce recent form.

The Vikings added a third try four minutes before the break when Ah Van latched on to a McShane kick to cross, with Hanbury's conversion stretching the lead to 18-0.

Hanbury then piled on the agony for Salford with a scorching burst to score, and his fourth goal made it 24-0 at the interval.

Salford were hammered 10-3 in the first-half penalty count but should have scored early in the second half before Jordan James threw away a chance after a strong burst by Iafeta Paleaasesina.

It was no surprise when McShane burrowed over from dummy half to extend the lead to 30-0.

The Vikings suffered a blow with the departure of Eamon Carroll with an arm injury but Widnes were ripping apart Salford in midfield and another Hanbury burst sent Phelps over for his second try.

Hanbury bagged his second touchdown with another sizzling effort to stretch the advantage to 40-0.

Gibson went over for Salford after 58 minutes before Danny Williams took his try tally to seven in four games to give the home fans something to cheer.

However, Danny Craven sealed the win for the Vikings by intercepting a Sneyd pass to record the eighth try six minutes from time.

Hull KR 22 Salford 24: Reds secure first win since Matt Smith"s departure

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16:20 GMT, 8 July 2012

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16:20 GMT, 8 July 2012

Salford began life after the departing Matty Smith with victory over Hull KR at Craven Park.

Just two days after the Reds announced Smith was leaving to join Stobart Super League leaders Wigan, his former team-mates put in a solid performance to give them back-to-back wins.

After stunning Warrington last weekend the City Reds were forced to hold on with Michael Dobson unable to convert his 69th-minute try before his clever kick through was missed by Liam Salter.

At the double: Danny Williams scored twice for Salford

At the double: Danny Williams scored twice for Salford

It meant a win that moved Salford two points behind the Robins, and further revived their play-off hopes.

Danny Williams' tries in each half were crucial but the visitors could not have wished for a better start with a try after just 64 seconds.

Daniel Holdsworth, man of the match for the Exiles on Wednesday night against England, delivered a perfect bomb which deceived Sam Latus.

The ball bounced off the winger into Joel Moon's hands and the centre sent his winger Jodie Broughton over for a simple score. Holdsworth's missed conversion, one of three in the game, left the score 4-0.

Rovers looked sluggish making errors early in their sets at both ends of the pitch.
Shannon McDonnell and Josh Hodgson squandered good attacking possession while Jake Webster coughed up possession 13 metres from his own line on the first tackle following a Rovers scrum.

Rovers compounded that error by conceding a penalty from which Holdsworth's long cut-out pass was taken over the line by Williams. Holdsworth's conversion gave the Reds a 10-0 lead after 15 minutes.

A Dobson kick forced Luke Patten to concede a goal-line drop out and provided a spark for KR but a poor pass from McDonnell to Salter ended another Rovers attack prematurely.

It took Rovers 22 minutes to sort themselves out and after a penalty for a high shot by Marc Sneyd on McDonnell.

Blake Green's inside pass was taken at pace and at an angle by Constantine Mika, whose power was too much for Salford to stop. Dobson kicked the conversion to reduce the deficit to four points.

At that point Robins coach Craig Sandercock introduced Scott Taylor and Lincoln Withers fresh from their Exiles run out on Wednesday night.

Immediately after their introduction, Rovers took the lead for the first time. Dobson sent Green over after a flowing move. Dobson's conversion made it 12-10 after 27 minutes.

But the lead lasted four minutes as Ben Gledhill used every inch of his frame to stretch the ball over the line from another penalty. Holdsworth converted to restore Salford's lead at 16-12.

There was no further scoring in the first half and Rovers will have considered themselves lucky to be only four points adrift.

Rovers started the second half brightly with Withers kicking a 40/20 in the first minute.
They turned it into four points when Hall took Dobson's pass over the line. Dobson converted to give Rovers an 18-16 lead.

But two tries in three minutes put Salford in a commanding position.

Williams' second try was followed by the try of the game. Williams looked to be bundled out of bounds, but he managed to get an offload to centre Moon who scored with ease.

Crucially, Holdsworth missed both conversions and instead of being ahead by 12 points, Salford held a six-point lead.

For all their errors, Rovers were still in this game. And they reduced the deficit to two points with 11 minutes remaining.

Hall provided the initial spark breaking a tackle inside his own half. Graeme Horne and Hodgson continued the move before Dobson slid over the line in the left-hand corner. His conversion attempt however drifted wide leaving Salford with a two-point lead.

Salter missed the chance to be the match-winning hero when Dobson's kick through went between his legs and out of play eight metres from Salford's line.

Salford 48 Warrington 24: Reds stun understrength Wolves

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23:07 GMT, 29 June 2012

Salford turned in a scintillating nine-try show to prevent the Wolves moving within a point of pacesetters Wigan at the top of the Stobart Super League.

The Reds stunned under-strength Warrington by sweeping into a 24-6 interval lead and Jodie Broughton, in the England squad to face the Exiles on Wednesday, led the way.

Broughton notched two tries, a feat matched by former Wolves star Vinnie Anderson, Danny Williams and Luke Patten.

Race to the line: Luke Patten scores for Salford City Reds

Race to the line: Luke Patten scores for Salford City Reds

Salford included four players called up for Wednesday's Origin clash with man of the match Matty Smith and Broughton in the England squad and Daniel Holdsworth and Joel Moon on Exiles duty.

But the Reds, who were pipped 24-20 at Warrington in May, were without injured forwards Shannan McPherson and Adam Sidlow – with Ryan Boyle stepping in at prop.

Warrington, with an eye on their cup semi-final against Huddersfield in a fortnight, welcomed back David Solomona for his first match of the season after a broken leg, with former Salford scrum-half Richie Myler and Rhys Evans also returning from lengthy absences.

Skipper Adrian Morley was back on the bench against his hometown club following eye surgery and Matty Blythe was drafted into the centre.

Warrington were missing Brett Hodgson, Simon Grix, Ryan Atkins, Joel and Michael Monaghan, Lee Briers, Garreth Carvell and Ben Westwood.

Salford, who had conceded at least 30 points in each of their last four matches, made a flying start with Williams taking a return pass from Sean Gleeson after a storming touchline burst to cross in the corner.

Daniel Holdsworth booted the touchline conversion before his 40-20 set up another attack for the Reds but Warrington held out.

The Wolves did their best to draw level but Ratchford lost possession after a promising move.

Salford extended the lead to 12-0 after 25 minutes when Mike Cooper was penalised for up-ending Steve Wild and Broughton showed electrifying pace to round Evans and go over in the corner.

Holdsworth again converted and the Reds made it 18-0 two minutes later with Anderson diving onto Smith's kick with Warrington's defence at sea.

The visitors' task became even tougher when Anderson slipped a gem of a pass to Luke Adamson for Luke Patten to sprint over on the half hour and send Salford into a 24-0 lead.

Warrington needed a stroke of luck to finally get on the scoresheet with Gareth O'Brien's crossfield kick rebounding off the post for Ratchford to touch down and make it 24-6.

Trent Waterhouse almost grabbed a second try from Ratchford's kick but Salford went in at the break with a commanding lead.

Solomona gave Warrington a scare on his comeback after going down in a three-man tackle – but he recovered after treatment.

The Wolves defence could not recover as quickly with Broughton grabbing his second try from Moon's pass to stretch the advantage to 28-6.

Smith cut inside Chris Bridge for the Reds' sixth try before Anderson forced his way over from dummy-half after another blistering move for his second touchdown to make it 40-6 after 50 minutes.

Williams had a try disallowed for a forward pass before Gleeson's unselfishness put the winger over to stretch the lead to 44-6.

Myler scampered over against his old club 12 minutes from time for Warrington's second try before Riley scored his 22nd touchdown of the campaign.

Ratchford put Blythe over for Warrington's third try in nine minutes to make the scoreline more respectable, before Patten crossed for Salford's ninth touchdown.

It was certainly not the performance Warrington boss Tony Smith wanted a fortnight before the semi-final date against his old club Huddersfield.

Salford City Reds 20 Bradford Bulls 20: Late Broughton try snatches draw

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22:38 GMT, 18 May 2012

Jodie Broughton snatched a dramatic draw for Salford with a try three minutes from time.

The Reds trailed 20-16 until Broughton took a Luke Patten pass to go over in the corner but Daniel Holdsworth missed the conversion.

Karl Pryce bagged a hat-trick for the Bulls, who were also awarded a controversial Tom Burgess try by referee Richard Silverwood.

Salford City Reds 20 Bradford Bulls 20

The Reds, playing against a strong wind in the first half, trailed 10-6 at the break.

Bradford went into the clash having triumphed in 22 of their 29 Super League meetings against Salford, who won 38-18 at Odsal in March.

The Bulls were missing the suspended John Bateman with Andy Purtell, Jarrod Sammut, Chev Walker, Nick Scruton and Brett Kearney still sidelined through injury.
But Bryn Hargreaves, formerly with Wigan and St Helens, made his 200th career appearance.

Salford faced an uphill task winning the forward battle with Shannon McPherson, Ben Gledhill, Jordan James, Vinnie Anderson and Wayne Godwin all missing from a depleted pack.

But Reds prop Adam Sidlow tore into the Bulls from the start and ploughed over for his first try since last June in the sixth minute after Craig Kopczak conceded a penalty.

Holdsworth tagged on the conversion but the Bulls almost replied when Hargreaves released the ball close to the Reds line but the chance went begging.

Jamie Langley's clever distribution gave Salford problems, with Steve Wild putting in a crunching tackle to clear another danger.

Burgess made an immediate impression when he appeared as sub but Salford's defence held firm until Pryce powered over in the corner after 32 minutes.

Luke Gale missed the conversion but a surging Elliott Whitehead run gave Bradford more confidence.

Pryce notched his second try in three minutes from a looping Gale pass after Salford conceded another penalty.

This time Gale made no mistake with the goal attempt to fire his side ahead 10-6 at the interval.

Sean Gleeson spilled the ball straight from the kick-off in the second half before Salford rallied courtesy of a sizzling Luke Patten break.

Holdsworth and Gleeson combined for Danny Williams to squeeze over in the corner and make it 10-10.

The Bulls hit back immediately with Pryce completing his hat-trick after Ben Jeffries saw the Reds cover out of position and his precision kick bounced kindly for the winger.

It was still anybody's game and Gleeson's smart flick pass put Williams over for his second try after 55 minutes, with Holdsworth's conversion edging the Reds in front 16-14.

Pryce came close to a fourth try from a Gale kick but was pushed into touch by Williams.

Both sides made frequent handling mistakes round the ruck but it was Burgess' controversial try nine minutes from time which restored the Bulls' lead.

Shaun Ainscough looked yards offside when he collected Jeffries' kick to put Burgess over and Gale converted to make it 20-16.

Referee Silverwood allowed the try to stand, to Salford's fury, but Broughton struck back after Oliver Elima was sin-binned.

Salford 10 Leeds Rhinos 16

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Salford 10 Leeds Rhinos 16: Rhinos' second half charge sees them through

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16:33 GMT, 29 April 2012

Last season's beaten finalists Leeds were given a fright by Salford before booking a place in the quarter-finals of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.

The world champions were held 6-6 at the break but scraped through thanks to tries from Ben Jones-Bishop and Shaun Lunt in the second half.

The battling Reds had gone ahead with a Lee Jewitt try, cancelled out by Brent Webb just before the interval.

Drive: Ben Jones Bishop celebrates after scoring the second try for Leeds

Drive: Ben Jones Bishop celebrates after scoring the second try for Leeds

Leeds went into the clash having won all four of their cup ties against the Reds since 1964.

The Rhinos also had the psychological advantage of having thumped Salford 56-16 on their first visit to Barton in March, when skipper Kevin Sinfield became the record points scorer in the club's history.

Salford, who had lost six of their last eight games, were missing Aussie prop Shannon McPherson and Kiwi Vinnie Anderson.

Leeds kept the side which beat Catalan with Kallum Watkins, Rob Burrow, Jamie Jones-Buchanan and Weller Hauraki still sidelined.

Salford, playing against a strong wind in the first half, stunned Leeds by taking a shock eighth-minute lead after a storming run by Jodie Broughton against his old club.

Jewitt took Wayne Godwin's pass to plough over from short range for his first try since scoring against Leeds last July, with Daniel Holdsworth booting the straightforward conversion.

The Rhinos recovered to pile the pressure on the Reds but squandered several chances.

Chris Clarkson was put through by Sinfield but tossed away a certain try by ignoring Webb in support.

Jones-Bishop went over but was recalled for a forward pass and then Zak Hardaker was denied a try from Danny McGuire's kick by a desperate Luke Patten clearance.

Carl Ablett then dropped the ball under pressure over the Reds line after slick handling by McGuire and Webb.

Salford were under the cosh with solid defence preventing Darrell Griffin barging over before the Reds line was finally breached four minutes before the break.

Lunt's grubber kick caught Salford off-guard and Webb was the quickest to react with Sinfield landing the conversion to make it 6-6.

Salford lost Chris Nero early in the second half with an arm injury but Ashley Gibson summed up their spirit with sterling defence.

The Reds regained the lead after 51 minutes when Broughton sprinted on to Holdsworth's well-placed kick for his fourth try of the season.

Holdsworth was just off-target with the touchline conversion but Leeds drew level 16 minutes from time.

Jamie Peacock did well to release the ball in a tackle and Sinfield's kick was fumbled by Broughton for Jones-Bishop to score a scrambled try.

Sinfield missed the conversion to stop his side going ahead for the first time.

Salford's relief was short-lived with McGuire's dancing run enabling Lunt to go over after 71 minutes and, this time, Sinfield made no mistake to fire his side in front 16-10.

The Reds refused to concede defeat and Sean Gleeson went close but Leeds held on.

Wakefield 26 Salford 22: Wildcats fast start leaves Reds with too much to do

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Wakefield 26 Salford 22: Wildcats fast start leaves Reds with too much to do

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19:03 GMT, 21 April 2012

Wakefield produced a dominant
first-half performance but were forced to withstand a tremendous
fightback before claiming a first win in five games and condemning
fellow strugglers Salford to a fourth successive Stobart Super League
defeat.

The Reds won the second half 16-4
but had left themselves too much to do after an error-strewn opening in
which they simply could not handle the strong-running Wildcats forwards.

Acting captain Danny Kirmond and
front rower Oliver Wilkes were outstanding as Wakefield raced out of the
blocks, scoring two tries in the first six minutes, and they had also
two others disallowed inside the opening quarter.

Loose forward Danny Washbrook combined with stand-off Isaac John to get impressive centre Dean Collis over for the first and then took scrum-half Tim Smith's inside pass to go over himself.

As the visitors struggled to get a foothold in the contest, Wildcats hooker Paul Aiton regathered his own grubber kick only for video referee Ben Thaler to rule a knock-on and Kirmond was denied a try for a forward pass.

Prop Andy Raleigh became the fifth Wakefield player to cross the line but he was held on his back and the misses began to look costly when Salford scored a breakaway try.

Winger Ashley Gibson collected Smith's towering kick meant for Ben Cockayne 10 metres from his own line and raced upfield before sending the supporting Daniel Holdsworth over.

Holdsworth added the goal to cut the deficit to six points but Wakefield re-asserted their authority with two further tries in the last 10 minutes of the first half.

Second rower Frankie Mariano crashed over for his first try of the season and a superb one-handed pass from Collis got winger Peter Fox over for the Wildcats' fourth try.

Paul Sykes' third goal made it 22-6 at the break but Salford livened up in the second half, particularly following the introduction of back rower Chris Nero, who scored their second try after being put through a gap by Holdsworth.

Holdsworth's second goal reduced the gap to 10 points but Sykes put the home side two scores in front with a penalties on 64 and 71 minutes.

The Reds would have scored had centre Joel Moon been able to gather Holdsworth's high kick but the ball slipped through his grasp with the line beckoning, while Collis came up with crucial tackle to haul down dangerous winger Jodie Broughton.

Salford saved their best rugby for the last five minutes, with Gibson going over for two tries in two minutes, and they would have snatched an unlikely victory had second rower Matty Ashurst been able to take Moon's pass with the line open.