As a prelude to Sunday’s double header featuring our women’s and men’s first, teams, Saturday afternoon will see our reserve side, in the opener of the three home fixtures, taking on the London Broncos, with a 2pm kick off.
This fixture comes off the back of two extremely good results for the Salford lads, having defeated Wakefield Trinity 23-16, in their last home match, and then having travelled to Robin Park to give the Wigan Warriors a tremendous fight before succumbing to two late, converted tries which brought the Warriors a somewhat flattering 34-20 win.
That performance was most commendable to the extent that coach, Stuart Wilkinson, was really disappointed at the outcome, as he explains:
“With only five minutes to go, we were really in with a chance of winning with the score at 22-20, but unfortunately the lads got over excited and started drifting away from everything that, to that point, they had done so well. As a result, Wigan sensed their opportunity and took advantage of it.”
Nevertheless, the closeness of all but the final score, coupled with the victory over Wakefield, will have given the team a great uplift in confidence on which to build for this weekend’s encounter, though he warns
“Despite that, however, we cannot afford to be over-confident, because this London side actually beat Wigan in a previous match between the two. We must concentrate on our own performance and ensure that everything we do is up to scratch.”
Teamwise, Salford fans can look forward to seeing the debuts of two of our promoted academy players. Jim Shields is a Salford-born player who plays in the second-row, while Sean Murray is a scrum-half from Wigan.
Why not, therefore, get along to the Salford Community Stadium both days this weekend to enjoy what could prove to be a festival of rugby league.
