Salford Red Devils were beaten 42-0 last night as an injured Hull KR were able to extend their winning streak.
The Red Devils proved no match for the Rovers despite the side’s absence of regular half-backs Mikey Lewis and Tyrone May due to injury.
However, Hull were able to showcase their dominance running seven tries past the Red Devils on the night – replacement scrum-half Danny Richardson built on Rhyse Martin’s opening conversion to add 12 more points with the boot.
And despite the two already injured first team regulars – the victory came at a cost losing full-back Niall Evalds to a concussion assessment within two minutes of the start, and Martin also limping from the field before the end of the first period.
The patched-up hosts still proved far too good for Paul Rowley’s visitors, who have now shipped 156 points from three straight losses, starting with their record-breaking 82-0 drubbing by St Helens on the opening day of the season.
And matters were only made worse for Rowley’s side as Jayden Nikorima and Chris Hill were sent to the sinbin.
And Evalds replacement following Nikorima’s yellow card, Kelepi Tanginoa pushed through the Salford defence to open the scoring, before Oliver Gildart scampered over with less than eight minutes on the clock.
And with Richardson proved a more than adequate replacement kicker, nailing the tough conversion and two subsequent penalties, Salford Red Devils were 20-0 down at half-time.
Salford Red Devils had next to nothing to offer in the opening period, their evening summed up by Nene Macdonald’s failure to grasp the simplest of passes on his own 20 moments before half-time.
However, Salford would struggle to improve after the halftime break – as Jez Litten who had set up both of Whitbread’s tries, helped himself to his side’s seventh on the last.
Salford’s misery was completed by the simultaneous loss of Tim Lafai and Tiaki Chan due to injury, and Hill’s yellow for holding in the tackle.
Following the defeat, they will now have to look ahead to the Castleford Tigers next weekend – with more information found here.
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