2020 Salford Red Devils season

2020 Salford Red Devils season
Super League Rank10
2020 recordWins: 2; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 84; against: 164
Team information
ChairmanIan Blease
Head CoachIan Watson
Captain
StadiumAJ Bell Stadium
Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester
Avg. attendance4,260
Agg. attendance21,297
High attendance4,796
Low attendance3,350
Top scorers
TriesKen Sio (6)
GoalsTui Lolohea (9)
PointsTui Lolohea (30)
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This article details the Salford Red Devils's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

  • All fixtures are subject to change

Challenge Cup

Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
CANCELLED 6 St Helens H AJ Bell Stadium

Salford Red Devils's sixth round opener was due to be against the previous season's champions St Helens, to whom they were runners-up in the Grand Final. However, like all Round 6 ties, it was postponed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed] Salford was one of a number of teams to receive a bye to the quarter-finals.

Round Opposition Score
Quarter-final Catalans Dragons W 22–18[a]
Semi-final Warrington Wolves W 24–22
Final Leeds Rhinos L 16-17 report

Regular season

  • All fixtures are subject to change
Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
2 February, 19:45 1 St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium L 8–48 Sio Lolohea (2) 12,008 Sky sports Report
8 February, 14:00 2 Toronto Wolfpack H AJ Bell Stadium W 24–16 Brown, Lolohea, Williams, Sarginson, Evalds Lolohea (2) 4,593 Report
14 February, 19:45 3 Huddersfield Giants H AJ Bell Stadium L 10–12 Sio, Sarginson Lolohea 3,350 Sky Sports Report
22 February, 14:00 4 Leeds Rhinos H AJ Bell Stadium L 8–22 Evalds, Lolohea — 4,757 Report
7 March, 17:00 5 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 12–30 Evalds, Sio Lolohea, Sio 7,904
1 March, 15:00 6 Wakefield Trinity H AJ Bell Stadium L 12–22 Sio (2), Lolohea — 3,801
13 March, 19:45 7 Wigan Warriors H AJ Bell Stadium W 18–14 Evalds (2), Brown Lolohea (3) 4,796 Sky Sports
TBC[b] 8 Castleford Tigers H AJ Bell Stadium
TBC[b] 9 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium
11 April, 15:00 10 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium
17 April, 19:45 11 Hull Kingston Rovers A KCOM Craven Park Sky Sports
26 April, 19:45 12 Huddersfield Giants A John Smiths Stadium
1 May, 19:45 13 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium
17 May, 15:00 14 Catalans Dragons H AJ Bell Stadium
23 May, 17:15 15 (Magic Weekend) St Helens N St James' Park Sky Sports
31 May, 15:00 16 Toronto Wolfpack H AJ Bell Stadium
12 June, 19:45 17 Hull Kingston Rovers H AJ Bell Stadium
18 June, 19:45 18 Warrington Wolves H AJ Bell Stadium
28 June, 15:00 19 Leeds Rhinos H AJ Bell Stadium
3 July, 18:00 20 Castleford Tigers A Mend-A-Hose Jungle
11 July, 18:30 21 Toronto Wolfpack A Lamport Stadium
24 July, 19:45 22 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium
2 August, 15:00 23 Hull FC H AJ Bell Stadium
9 August, 15:00 24 St Helens H AJ Bell Stadium Sky Sports
16 August, 15:00 25 Wakefield Trinity A The Mobile Rocket Stadium
21 August, 19:45 26 Huddersfield Giants A John Smiths Stadium
30 August, 15:00 27 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium
4 September, 19:45 28 Warrington Wolves H AJ Bell Stadium
11 September, 19:45 29 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium
  1. ^ After golden point extra time
  2. ^ a b as a result of the covid 19 outbreak, the RFL announced that all rugby league games would be suspended initially until/at least 4 April.

League standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[a]
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 17 13 0 4 408 278 146.8 26 76.47 Semi-finals
2 St Helens (C) 17 12 0 5 469 195 240.5 24 70.59
3 Warrington Wolves[A] 17 12 0 5 365 204 178.9 24 70.59 Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalans Dragons 13 8 0 5 376 259 145.2 16 61.54
5 Leeds Rhinos 17 10 0 7 369 390 94.6 20 58.82
6 Hull F.C. 17 9 0 8 405 436 92.9 18 52.94
7 Huddersfield Giants[B] 18 7 0 11 318 367 86.6 14 38.89
8 Castleford Tigers 16 6 0 10 328 379 86.5 12 37.50
9 Salford Red Devils[C] 18 8 0 10 354 469 75.5 16 44.44
10 Wakefield Trinity 19 5 0 14 324 503 64.4 10 26.32
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 3 0 14 290 526 55.1 6 17.65
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[1]

Notes

Player statistics

  • As of Round 7 (15 March 2020)

2020 squad

2020 Salford Red Devils Squad
First team squad Coaching staff
  • 27
  • 28

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



2020 transfers

Gains

Player Club Contract Date
Tonga Tui Lolohea Leeds Rhinos 2 years June 2019[5]
England Chris Atkin Hull Kingston Rovers N/A September 2019[6]
England James Greenwood Hull Kingston Rovers 1 year September 2019[7]
England Kevin Brown Warrington Wolves 1 year September 2019[8]
Australia Pauli Pauli Wakefield Trinity N/A September 2019[9]
Australia Connor Jones Featherstone Rovers N/A September 2019[10]
England Jack Ormondroyd Featherstone Rovers N/A September 2019[11]
England Dan Sarginson Wigan Warriors N/A October 2019 [12]
Wales Rhys Williams London Broncos N/A October 2019[13]
Wales Elliot Kear London Broncos N/A October 2019[13]
Australia Luke Yates London Broncos N/A October 2019[13]
England Ryan Lannon Hull Kingston Rovers Swap Deal October 2019[14]
New Zealand Sebastine Ikahihifo Huddersfield Giants Season Loan November 2019[15]

Losses

Player Club Contract Date
England Josh Jones Hull F.C. 2 years May 2019[16]
England Jake Bibby Wigan Warriors 2 years June 2019[17]
United Kingdom Jackson Hastings Wigan Warriors 2 years June 2019[18]
Australia Robert Lui Leeds Rhinos 2 years June 2019[19]
England George Griffin Castleford Tigers 2 years July 2019[20]
England Derrell Olpherts Castleford Tigers 3 years July 2019[21]
England Josh Wood Wakefield Trinity 2 years October 2019[22]
England Daniel Murray Hull Kingston Rovers Swap Deal October 2019[23]
England Greg Johnson Bradford Bulls 1 year November 2019[24]
England Logan Tomkins Widnes Vikings 2 Years November 2019[25]
Scotland Adam Walker Released February 2020[26]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Robert Lui & Tui Lolohea: Leeds Rhinos & Salford Red Devils agree swap". 26 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Chris Atkin: Hull Kingston Rovers halfback to make Salford Red Devils move". BBC Sport. 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "James Greenwood makes Salford switch early". 10 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Salford confirm signing of Kevin Brown". 20 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Pauli Pauli to make Salford move for 2020". 6 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Jones Joins Red Devils". 16 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Salford announce double signing". 14 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Dan Sarginson: Salford Red Devils sign Wigan Warriors centre". BBC Sport. 19 August 2019.
  13. ^ a b c "Elliot Kear, Rhys Williams & Luke Yates join from London Broncos". BBC Sport. 17 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Ryan Lannon makes permanent Salford return". 25 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Salford confirm capture of Sebastine Ikahihifo". 4 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Josh Jones agrees Hull switch".
  17. ^ "Jake Bibby joins Wigan". 6 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Hastings to become a Warrior". 8 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Leeds Rhinos sign Robert Lui as Tui Lolohea heads to Salford Red Devils". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Castleford Tigers confirm signing of George Griffin from Salford". www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Derrell Olpherts: Castleford sign Salford Red Devils winger on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
  22. ^ "Josh Wood: Wakefield Trinity sign Salford Red Devils hooker". BBC Sport. 21 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Daniel Murray and Ryan Lannon: Salford Red Devils and Hull KR in swap deal". BBC Sport. 25 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Bradford Bulls capture Salford Red Devils winger Greg Johnson". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  25. ^ "Widnes pull off Logan Tomkins coup". November 2019.
  26. ^ "Salford part ways with Adam Walker". 21 February 2020.
  1. ^ Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.[2]
  2. ^ Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.[3]
  3. ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[4]