| Salford Pink Devils (12) 24 |
| Tries: Hellewell, Croft 2, Stone Targets: Sneyd 4 |
| Warrington Wolves (6) 20 |
| Tries: Nicholson, Currie, Williams Targets: Ratchford 4 |
Sam Stone stored Salford’s top-six hopes alive with a successful attempt in further time towards play-off rivals Warrington.
Ben Hellewell and Brodie Croft’s tries put Salford 12-6 up at half-time after Matty Nicholson was gifted the opener.
A Ben Currie try to Stefan Ratchford’s penalty edged Warrington forward once more earlier than Croft’s second rating restored Salford’s lead.
George Williams once more put Wolves up just for a Marc Sneyd kick to pressure golden level, the place Stone received it.
The thrilling victory strikes seventh-placed Salford equal on factors with Wolves in sixth, with two video games of the common season remaining.
Earlier than the essential Tremendous League sport kicked off there was a minute of reflection, as all these on the AJ Bell Stadium applauded in tribute to Pink Devils nice and former dual-code worldwide David Watkins, after his loss of life on the age of 81.
Nicholson was gifted the sport’s opening attempt after simply two minutes, as he scooped up the free ball and darted over after Joe Burgess badly fumbled an innocuous excessive kick.
Hellewell sliced by way of Wolves’ defence to degree the scores halfway by way of the half, and a dropped ball from Ratchford near his line allowed Croft to edge Salford forward for the primary time quickly after.
The tv match official denied Josh Thewlis what would have been a sensational Wolves response within the remaining seconds of the primary half, with replays displaying the winger’s foot was in contact as he grounded the ball after a scintillating chase to satisfy a Matt Dufty kick to the nook.
Simply as a fumbled catch from a excessive kick had gifted Warrington the opening attempt of the primary half, a disastrous try from Ken Sio to cope with an easy bomb to the nook allowed Currie to select up the scraps and rating in comparable vogue within the second interval.
Croft was fortuitous in forging Salford’s third attempt, gathering his personal kick and dashing over after his grubber try rebounded into his path off a Warrington defender.
Williams’ attempt underneath the posts had Warrington forward for the third time, however a Sneyd penalty – which introduced up 2,000 Tremendous League factors for the scrum-half – levelled scores once more with 5 minutes of regular time remaining.
Either side wasted alternatives to win it earlier than the top of the 80 minutes, and once more early in golden-point extra-time, earlier than Stone linked-up with Burgess, whose sensible break down the left edge determined the sport.
The 2 sides each have equally essential video games developing of their subsequent fixtures, with Warrington internet hosting joint Tremendous League leaders St Helens on Friday (20:00 BST), earlier than Salford journey to a different play-off rival in fifth-placed Hull Kingston Rovers on Saturday (19:30 BST).
Salford Pink Devils: Brierley, Sio, Cross, Lafai, Burgess, Croft, Sneyd, Singleton, Ackers, Ormondroyd, Hellewell, Stone, Atkin.
Interchanges: Vuniyayawa, Dixon, Addy, Bourouh.
Warrington Wolves: Dufty, J Thewlis, Mata’utia, Ratchford, Ashton, Williams, Drinkwater, Mikaele, Walker, Vaughan, Currie, Nicholson, Harrison.
Interchanges: Clark, Kasiano, Dudson, Crowther.
Referee: Liam Moore.
