Super League: Salford Red Devils 23-10 Huddersfield Giants

Their first victory in five league matches was a much needed restbite for the Red Devils who have been plagued with financial issues of late.

That uncertainty has seeped its way into first-team matters, leading to Paul Rowley’s side losing their first four games including a record 82-0 defeat at St Helens in the season opener.

Yet they were good value for their victory, which started after Marsters scored his first Super League try of the season when he weaved his way through to the line to get the hosts going.

Salford weathered a Huddersfield offensive storm after getting on the scoreboard but went 10-0 up midway through the first half as former Giants prop Chris Hill put in the offload for Wilson to touch down.

The Red Devils’ best was still to come as they shifted the ball with speed from deep inside their own half, as Ethan Ryan gained significant ground before teeing up Nikorima to go in unopposed.

Huddersfield’s poor half was perhaps best summed up by a move right before half-time which saw Sam Halsall fumble Niall Evalds’ promising pass to him on the wing, with the ball eventually rolling in to touch.

Evalds was unable to continue for the second half due to a foot injury and Halsall almost atoned for his earlier error but Salford hooker Chris Atkin thwarted his efforts in trying to ground a high kick for what would have been Huddersfield’s first try.

Yet for all the visitors’ effort at the start of the second half, it was Salford who extended their lead courtesy of Nikorima racing past the Giants’ defence to score in fine fashion and bring his tally to five tries for the season.

Swift kept up his own fine try-scoring form with a his fourth in as many games and Lolohea touched down under the posts but it was much too little, much too late on a poor night for the visitors as they sank to a fifth consecutive defeat in Super League and sixth in all competitions.