Salford Red Devils vs Catalans Dragons: Kick-off time, TV channel and predicted line-ups

What a difference a week makes.

The week before Magic, both Salford and Catalans were riding high with season best wins. The Red Devils battled back against Warrington to win by eight despite trailing by 10 with 10 minutes to. Meanwhile, Catalans downed the Champions.

However, neither really appeared to be close to their opponents in Newcastle hitting a major stumbling block at St James’ Park adding more pressure to this fixture.

Kick-off time and TV channel

The game kicks off at 15:00.

There is sadly no live coverage but BBC will show highlights on the Super League Show.

Salford Red Devils
Salford will be forced into giving a debut to the on loan Ben Hellewell from the bench whilst Greg Burke may also return to the side in need of props following Tyler Dupree’s injury. Joe Burgess will potentially return in place of Rhys Williams whilst Elijah Taylor will take over at 13 enabling Alex Gerrard to move to prop.

1 Ryan Brierley
2 Ken Sio
28 Deon Cross
4 Tim Lafai
5 Joe Burgess
6 Brodie Croft
7 Marc Sneyd
19 Jack Ormanroyd
9 Andy Ackers
29 Alex Gerrard
14 Danny Addy
3 Kallum Watkins
13 Elijah Taylor
Substitutes
10 Greg Burke
18 Chris Atkin
26 Sam Luckley
33 Ben Hellewell

Catalans Dragons
Catalans are boosted by the return of Dean Whare and Julian Bousquet the latter of which’s return is vital so he can come into the side at prop allowing Mickael Goudemand to move to 13 in place of the injured Ben Garcia who nearly lost his ear last week. Dean Whare’s return will see Tyrone May drop to the bench as a versatile substitute.

29 Sam Tomkins
19 Arthur Romano
4 Dean Whare
3 Samisoni Langi
5 Fouad Yaha
6 Mitchell Pearce
7 Joshua Drinkwater
8 Gil Dudson
14 Alrix Da Costa
10 Julian Bousquet
11 Matt Whitley
15 Benjamin Jullien
17 Mickael Goudemand
Substitutes
16 Paul Seguier
20 Tyrone May
21 Corentin Le Cam
27 Joe Chan