Leigh Go Second With Dominant Win At Salford

Betfred Super League

Salford (0) 6

Tries: Shorrocks Goals: Morgan

Leigh (18) 28

Tries: Badrock (2), Towse, McIntosh, Davis, Charnley Goals: O'Brien (2)

Leigh Leopards moved into 2nd spot successful nan Super League array and wrong 3 points of leaders Hull KR pinch a convincing 28-6 triumph astatine Salford Red Devils.

A sixth triumph of nan play meant Adrian Lam's in-form outfit leapfrogged Wigan Warriors.

Although Wigan tin spell backmost 2nd erstwhile they play Hull FC connected Sunday, this was a connection triumph indicating nan Leopards could beryllium contenders for convention honours this season.

Two tries from Andrew Badrock, positive 1 each from AJ Towse, Darnell McIntosh, Matt Davis and Josh Charnley successful a ascendant show proved capable to present a comfortable victory.

Charnley's precocious contribution, a superb execution successful nan area a infinitesimal from time, moved him level pinch nan legendary Leeds Rhino Alan Smith connected 311 profession tries.

Lam's outfit are already into nan semi-finals of nan Challenge Cup wherever they will look Warrington Wolves and, though astatine times a deficiency of subject and immoderate bad boy extremity kicking will beryllium a interest to their coach, they are much than tin going forward.

Lachlan Lam was astatine nan bosom of astir of their incisive moves pinch 2 effort assists, 1 walk and nan different a perfectly-weighted grubber footwear that McIntosh touched down.

His effort added to 2 early efforts from Badrock and Towse that saw Leigh put nan crippled halfway to furniture aft 20 minutes.

Salford, who person now mislaid 8 of their 9 matches including 4 of them to nil, conceded a 4th effort to spell successful astatine nan break 18-0 down.

Things did not instantly amended aft nan break either pinch Jayden Nikorima gifting possession to Leigh and Davis punishing nan correction for a 5th Leopards try.

Yet to their in installments nan location broadside tried to enactment connected nan beforehand ft and were rewarded pinch a effort of their own, Nikorima breaking nan summation statement wrong his ain half and feeding Joe Shorrocks who went complete adjacent to nan posts.

Charnley's precocious involution stretched nan lead backmost retired arsenic he went level pinch Smith successful 28th spot successful nan database of rugby league's all-time effort scorers - and 10 down outright leader Ryan Hall pinch 248 Super League tries.

Salford: Hodgson, McIntosh, Badrock, Brand, Charnley, O'Brien, Lam, Trout, McNamara, Mulhern, O'Neill, Hughes, Liu

Interchanges: Brogan, Wilde, Davis, Dwyer

Leigh: Brierley, Connell, Marsters, Vaughan, Thewlis, Nikorima, Mellor, Ormondroyd, Davis, Makin, Hellewell, Shorrocks, Wilson

Interchanges: Hill, Sangare, Morgan, Warren

Referee: Liam Rush