Rowley delight as Salford stun Saints

Salford red Devils coach Paul rowley hailed his side’s ‘amazing effort’ after watching them thrash champions St Helens.

Joe Burgess and Kallum Watkins both scored two tries as rampant Salford kept their hopes of a top-six finish alive at the Aj Bell Stadium. Sitaleki akauola, dan Sarginson, Brodie Croft and Greg Burke weighed in with a try apiece and Marc Sneyd kicked four goals as Salford moved up to sixth in the Super league table. rowley said: ‘i couldn’t be prouder. it’s an amazing effort. That’s not a fluke, it’s a result of hard work. We scored some fantastic tries.’ Saints coach Kristian Woolf fumed: ‘We pride ourselves on high standards but didn’t reach those today. We were off in every department.’