Widnes Vikings picked up a valuable two points on the road in Round 13 of the Betfred Championship, running out convincing 32-6 winners against Salford.
Allan Coleman’s side opened the scoring after eight minutes, the ball shifted out to the left edge to find Mike Butt, who walked it in for the first score of the game.
Eighteen minutes later, Butt was in again. Joe Edge found space up the centre of the field and handed off to Butt, who beat a couple of Salford defenders and went over to double his tally for the afternoon.
It was two tries in quick succession for the Vikings, Matty Fozard taking the ball out of dummy-half and handing it off for Danny Langtree to power over from close range. Leon Hayes added the extras to give Allan Coleman’s side a 14-point advantage at the break.
It took Widnes 15 minutes to open their account for the second half, Joe Edge reacting quickly to intercept a Salford pass and race half the length of the field for his first of the game.
Just five minutes later, debutant Ryan Brown got on the end of a short pass from Lyon Hayes and powered his way to the line to score.
Widnes rounded off their scoring for the afternoon when Edge received the ball 10 metres out and shrugged off a Salford defender to double his tally for the game.
Then, as the game wore on, Brad Dwyer’s grubber kick deflected and bounced into the in-goal, where it was pounced on by Joe Baldwin to give the hosts a late consolation.
Match Highlights
Teams and scorers
Widnes Vikings: Connell, Butt, Edge, Owens, Ince, Hayes, Gilmore, Murray, Johnstone, Chapelhow, McWhirter, Wilde, Hall. Interchanges: Fozard, Langtree, Billington, Brown.
Tries: Butt (2), Langtree, Edge (2), Brown
Goals: Hayes (4)
Salford RLFC: Windley, Sarbah, Duffy, Hartley, Gilford, Hughes, Smith, Haldenby, Dwyer, Bibby, Oakley, Garmston, Costello. Interchanges: Baldwin, Bowring, Reid, Yates.
Tries: Baldwin
Goals: Smith
Post-match reaction
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