Paul Rowley says there was ‘a lot to admire’ about his team’s victory over Castleford Tigers in Round 18 of the Betfred Super League.
On a thrilling afternoon of rugby league action at the Salford Community Stadium, it was the Reds who picked up a precious two competition points.
Ethan Ryan, Harvey Wilson, Joe Mellor, Esan Marsters, and Chris Hankinson were all on the scoresheet, with the forwards setting the platform for some slick Red Devils’ tries.
It ends a barren run of 13 games without a win and perhaps breathes new confidence into a much-changed Salford squad going into the final stretch of league fixtures.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, our Head Coach was asked where winning Sunday’s game ranks in terms of satisfaction.
He said: “I’m not really into ranking games, I think they all have different qualities and you can judge everything by its own merits, so I think the reward for me is what we do in the week, the attitude through the week and seeing it transpire into the performance and them boys getting the reward for their hard work.
“There were a lot of good things to admire, a lot of good things to get excited about today. Some great performances, but like I said before, the adversity we’ve had from day one, but even today, we were punched in the face a few times with Jayden Nikorima and Esan Marsters both going off.
“Loghan Lewis, super excited, bump, knockout – we were down to one sub, with a whole half of rugby to play in really stifling conditions.
“It came down to that situation where everybody’s got to make a choice of what they want to do. Do they tip their toe in and do it half-heartedly, or do they want to commit and it’s going to be tough, it would hurt, but they took the latter option and they got their reward.”
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