Saints v Salford Red Devils
Result
Betfred Super League - 21
08/08/24 - 20:00
Att: 11,050
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Saints Line up
26 | Harry Robertson |
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2 | Tommy Makinson |
3 | Waqa Blake |
4 | Mark Percival |
25 | Tee Ritson |
14 | Moses Mbye |
7 | Lewis Dodd |
10 | Matty Lees |
9 | Daryl Clark |
17 | Agnatius Paasi |
16 | Matt Whitley |
11 | Curtis Sironen |
13 | Morgan Knowles |
8 | Alex Walmsley |
12 | Joe Batchelor |
15 | James Bell |
23 | Jake Burns |
Salford Red Devils Line up
1 | Ryan Brierley |
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2 | Ethan Ryan |
3 | Nene Macdonald |
23 | Chris Hankinson |
5 | Deon Cross |
32 | Jayden Nikorima |
7 | Marc Sneyd |
8 | Brad Singleton |
16 | Joe Shorrocks |
31 | Joe Bullock |
11 | Sam Stone |
12 | Kallum Watkins |
13 | Oliver Partington |
15 | Shane Wright |
24 | Joe Mellor |
27 | Gil Dudson |
29 | Loghan Lewis |
Last updated 8 Aug 24 22:08:17
🌟 Golden Point drama seals a win for the Saints!
#COYS
MBYEEEEEEE!!!!!! 🦵
😇 17-16 😈
Robertson with a beautiful kick return COME ON NOW!
Saints again kick high, Percival and Bell charge at Brierley and stop him metres off his own line.
Salford scream out for a penalty on the last, not given. Robertson returns well.
Mbye finishes the set by the midway point and kicks high into the Salford right corner.
Right then, five minutes extra time is underway.
Saints receive the ball and will attack the West Stand.
Mbye from just beyond the halfway line kicks a drop goal attempt, but it’s wide.
🔁 HIA Clark off, Burns on.
We go to Golden Point.
😇 16-16 😈
Robertson takes a huge punt downfield well. Saints looking to move the other way now.
Batchelor now back on. 1 minute and a half remains.
A huge break up the field by Bell, we grind closer and Moses goes in the pocket but is stopped. We then knock on, Salford then knock on on their set…
CHAOS. Knowles back on.
Moses Freakin’ Mbye! What a tackle on Deon Cross to keep the Salford winger out with the try line begging…
Saints ball. 10m off our own line.
Really good defence from the Red V, the visitors are camped in their own 40m.
Saints do well to stop the Red Devils by the halfway line.
🔁 Walmsley and Clark on, Burns and Lees off.
Sneyd adds the kick.
Salford get the ball back after some heroic defending from Saints, the kick came off a Red V player.
Nene Macdonald then finds space in a broken line and scores.
🟨 Oliver Partington is shown a yellow for his part in the skirmish after the late hit.
🟨 Straight after Knowles sin bin, Batchelor hits a Salford man late, he too is shown a yellow…
Saints must defend their own line, and we do but on the last Knowles goes for a tackle and takes a Red Devils man high.
🟨 Knowles is sent to the bin.
Blake now goes for Hankinson but takes him high. Salford with a full set 15 out.
Ritson knocks on by our 40m line. Salford with a good chance to attack again.
Excellent kick chase by Batchelor, he then went right at the legs of Brierley to stop any early attack.
In the build up to that one as well, Burns made big metres in his own half, a proper hard worker our #24.
Our Prince adds the kick. 🦵
💪 BATCHHHHH!
Robertson with a half break on the right edge gets us close, but a short pass from Burns to Batchelor next to the line sees Joe score!
Saints now in their own half force a knock on in the tackle.
58′ Salford allow a Dodd bomb to bounce, Blake juggles it and then find a pass away to Makinson who goes in, but the score is sent upstairs as a no try.
After a check, it is not given.
Red Devils now with some control of the game, but we keep them by the halfway line and Sneyd’s kick is stopped by Robertson with his feet before picking it up.
🔁 Burns on, Clark off. Let’s go Burnsy!
We hold the visitors out well, with some challenging bursts on the edges.
Saints keep making errors with their discipline, Salford with a penalty inside their own half again.
Sneyd adds the kick.
The try is given, the Saints fans not happy with that one, shouts of it being knocked on, but never the less Red Devils have it.
Salford think they have scored after some pressure on our line, a Sneyd kick is leapt on by Hankinson and the video ref is called upon…
It is sent up as a try.
Salford now after the penalty are close to our line, Sneyd is cut down by Robertson well.
Brierley then goes for a short kick into the right corner, Makinson must clear it out – 10m out set for Red Devils.
Saints attack from deep, Percival gets some space and feeds Ritson but Tee’s pass back inside doesn’t land.
Salford then also get a stripped ball penalty…
Percival adds the two from out wide! ✌
WAQAAAA! 🙌
Saints force a Salford man into touch 10m off his own line, after working it Sironen spins out of a tackle and Blake is there on his shoulder for a pass and try!
Mbye chips and Cross is held up in the tackle, we then push the winger into touch by his own 10m line.
Brief pause in play after a Salford man as he comes off is sick, it needs cleaning up.
Makinson kicks it in frustration. No, you read that right.
Saints 30m out kick high and Ryan just stays in the field of play.
Second half now underway!
COME ON YOU SAINTS.
⏸ Saints and Salford are level at the break.
Saints scramble well with Salford getting a few really close goes at our line, but a penalty for the Red V will end the half.
Sneyd with the second penalty earlier.
Ritson knocks on in a Salford tackle, 10m away from our own line, Red Devils with a golden chance to strike before half time.
Ritson knocks on in a Salford tackle, 10m away from our own line, Red Devils with a golden chance to strike before half time.
Ritson and Percival takes some tough carries out of our own 10m area.
BIGGG tackle by Walmsley on the kick return.
Saints are penalised twice in quick succession, relieving ones for Salford.
The second is a judged strip of the ball and Salford again call for the tee and knock the ball over.
Another reliever for the Salford side, this time Sironen get penalised for a judged strip of the ball.
Walmsley showing two great carries in his first set back.
On the last a Dodd kick is then kicked back in by Blake, Percival catches it and offloads to Moses and he offloads to Robertson but he’s tackled from behind.
🔁 Here comes Alex Walmsley, Morgan Knowles comes off.
Big reception for the big man’s return!
The restart almost catches Salford out, but they just about jump to catch the ball.
Sironen goes for a tackle on Sneyd and it’s pinged for being late.
Red Devils call for the tee and Sneyd adds the two.
Marc Sneyd now tries a 20/40 but it’s a few metres the wrong side of the 40m line.
No try given by the video ref.
Salford get the ball, 10m off their own line.
Dodd floats a kick on the last and Ritson competes with Salford for it, the ball goes loose and Tee grounds it.
Video ref called upon, sent up as a no try…
Red Devils strip the ball on the last and with Saints 20m off their own line.
Percival leaps highest to a Sneyd cross-field kick, he is inches off his own line too as Salford look to turn the screw.
Ah, a let off for the Devils. Bell trying to take a Knowles pass knocks on.
We compound it further with a high tackle.
🟨 Great offload from Blake finds Mbye, but Clark in support is pulled back by Joe Shorrocks and he is sent to the bin for a professional foul.
Exceptional kick return from Robertson, Sneyd’s kick under pressure is almost a 40/20 but Harry avoids a number of opposing players.
Percival now with a great tackle immediately on a Salford man from a kick.
🔁 HIA for Paasi, Bell comes on.
Salford on the last are 30m out, Sneyd’s kick is batted back by MacDonald and they get flagged for being offside.
SHOTTT by Knowles on Brierley after a great kick chase, but the Red Devils get a pressure-relieving penalty for offside…
Saints with a full set on the Red Devils line, close calls by Paasi and Knowles almost got over but very strong defending by the visitors hold us out this time.
Good set by Saints, Dodd floats a big one which Makinson competes for well but Brierley just has it.
Salford on the next play though knock on, 10m off their own line.
Kick missed from the sidelines by Percival.
T-MAK IN THE CORNER! 🛬
Moses Mbye got us into goodball with the intercept, our #14 then a couple of plays later hits a beauty of a cut-out pass to score in the corner!
Mbye gets between the Salford players as they offload, Saints will threaten again, with an early six-again called.
The Red V attempt a short-side play but the ball goes loose, Salford then get a half break but Tommy makes the tackle and on the rain-sodden field his opposite man goes out. Salford ball though for the first error.
Saints with the first go at the try line, a high shot is penalised.
Brierley doesn’t take a Dodd kick clean and it’s allowed to bounce, Blake chases relentlessly and tackles the fullback.
Robertson’s first test of the evening with a high hanging Sneyd bomb and he takes it well.
Saints with first use of the ball, the Red Devils keep us by the halfway line before a big Dodd kick.
Game underway at the Totally Wicked Stadium with Saints attacking the West Stand in the opening half!
Let’s get to work, Saints!
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