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Salford Red Devils whitewash Wakefield Trinity to maintain playoff position

Salford Red Devils defeated Huddersfield Giants last week to reinspire their playoff hopes, whilst tonight’s opponents Wakefield Trinity fell to defeat in their crucial relegation battle clash with Castleford Tigers.

The two sides met tonight with Paul Rowley’s side welcoming Mark Applegarth’s to the AJ Bell Stadium hoping for another resounding win to affirm their playoff spot.

Salford have faced Trinity twice this season and have struggled on both occasions, edging Wakefield in golden point back in round five before succumbing to a heavy defeat in round 17.

In a bid to get another win on the board Mark Applegarth has brought Will Dagger back into the matchday squad with Eddie Battye dropping to the position of 18th man.

As for the Red Devils they’re unchanged after last week’s impressive win over Huddersfield, something they’ll hope to replicate tonight in order to distance themselves from the chasing pack.

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Salford raced off into a 6-0 lead as they scored within just five minutes with Ryan Brierley continuing his stellar season being the beneficiary of a Brodie Croft break from halfway.

Marc Sneyd helped the Red Devils pile the pressure on when he nailed a 40/20 ten minutes later but it was to no avail, the game being a solid back and forth with Wakefield showing plenty of fight.

Salford defended back to back sets before forcing a penalty inside Trinity’s 20 from which Marc Sneyd opted for two to extend the lead to 8-0.

Joe Burgess almost ran the length of the field but was tapped metres short before the break with the home side heading into the half leading 8-0.

The Red Devils extended that lead ten minutes into the second half when Andy Ackers crossed over. Trinity had been forced into a goal line drop out from which Ackers collected the ball to stroll over and help extend the lead to 14-0.

Brodie Croft came close to killing the game off but juggled and spilled leaving Trinity with ten minutes to try get back into it and stop Salford’s charge.

Trinity failed to do so and the game was rounded off with just minutes to go when Ryan Brierley scored his second of the game, another supporting line although this time for Ken Sio.

That saw Salford register a 20-0 win and more importantly register their second in a row right at the business end of the season, whereas for Wakefield it marked another missed opportunity as they sit two points adrift with just eight points to play for.

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