A miserable night for Devils in Hull drubbing

BURETA Faraimo helped himself to a hat-trick as Hull inflicted a sixth straight defeat on Salford with a resounding 45-14 victory at the KCOM Stadium.

The Black and Whites remained without a host of key men but they won with plenty to spare against a Red Devils outfit seemingly destined for the qualifiers.

Hull had the points in the bag inside the opening 20 minutes thanks to Faraimo’s two tries and one apiece for Jack Downs and Jack Logan. Hakim Miloudi and Jamie Shaul touched down either side of Jake Connor’s cheeky drop goal to make it 37-0 at half-time.

Faraimo completed his treble but Hull eased off to allow Salford to score consolation tries through Greg Johnson, Derrell Olpherts and George Griffin, although it was Connor who had the last word with his eighth goal from as many attempts.

The writing was on the wall for Salford early on as Faraimo powered his way over out wide after smart play by Connor. It already appeared to be a case of damage limitation for the out-of-form Red Devils and they were unable to stem the tide.

Salford eventually crossed in the 58th minute as Johnson took Jake Shorrocks’ pass to dive over and they were in again when Lui and Littlejohn worked Olpherts over in the other corner. Griffin crashed over from close range but Connor’s penalty rounded off a miserable night for the Red Devils.