Watch: Ferocious brawl between Leeds Rhinos and Salford Red Devils players

Ahead of today’s two fixtures as Leeds Rhinos went over to take on Salford Red Devils and Hull KR and Hull FC did battle in the Hull derby you could have been forgiven for expecting a brawl but in the Hull derby.

Always a fiery game between two bitter rivals, the derby did have its heated moments such as Shaun Kenny-Dowall’s yellow card for a high tackle on Jake Clifford.

This was nothing compared to at Salford as the game against Leeds boiled over with a huge brawl at a scrum, perhaps the biggest of the season.

Perhaps it was due to the pressure on both sides as they chase a place in the top six.

Either way the incident saw Mikolaj Oledzki and Chris Atkin yellow carded in the midst of a close game.

The Rhinos struck first with Cameron Smith probing across the line before picking his gap to score.

However, Salford would then heap on the pressure and Leeds would need try savers on Joe Burgess and Tim Lafai to stay ahead.

However, Lafai would eventually get on the board touching down a grubber to make it 6-4.

Leeds though would hit back with Richie Myler finding Ash Handley in the corner for his 99th Super League try to make it 10-4.

Just before the break Rhyse Martin nailed a penalty to make it 12-4.

But in the second half Salford would catch Leeds cold scoring almost a carbon copy of their first try with Lafai again scoring making it 12-10, Martin’s penalty proving key.

It was now Ryan Brierley kicking goals for Salford and he missed another effort at goal after Ken Sio put the Red Devils in front for the first time as Leeds were poor at the start of the second half.

They would burst into life and heap pressure on the Red Devils’ line but Salford stood up to it.

It wasn’t long until he was firing Leeds ahead kicking a penalty after forcing a goal line drop out making it 16-14.

Myler then thought he had sealed the win with a try but it was disallowed for obstruction.

However, it proved inconsequential as Leeds won 16-14.

So a captivating game but one that was sullied by this brawl which the match review panel will look at.

You can watch the incident here in Sky Sports’ highlights package.