2020 Salford Red Devils season
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
- ^ After golden point extra time
- ^ 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] |
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
Notes
Player statistics
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- As of Round 7 (15 March 2020)
2020 squad
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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2020 transfers
Gains
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Tui Lolohea | Leeds Rhinos | 2 years | June 2019[5] |
Chris Atkin | Hull Kingston Rovers | N/A | September 2019[6] |
James Greenwood | Hull Kingston Rovers | 1 year | September 2019[7] |
Kevin Brown | Warrington Wolves | 1 year | September 2019[8] |
Pauli Pauli | Wakefield Trinity | N/A | September 2019[9] |
Connor Jones | Featherstone Rovers | N/A | September 2019[10] |
Jack Ormondroyd | Featherstone Rovers | N/A | September 2019[11] |
Dan Sarginson | Wigan Warriors | N/A | October 2019 [12] |
Rhys Williams | London Broncos | N/A | October 2019[13] |
Elliot Kear | London Broncos | N/A | October 2019[13] |
Luke Yates | London Broncos | N/A | October 2019[13] |
Ryan Lannon | Hull Kingston Rovers | Swap Deal | October 2019[14] |
Sebastine Ikahihifo | Huddersfield Giants | Season Loan | November 2019[15] |
Losses
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Josh Jones | Hull F.C. | 2 years | May 2019[16] |
Jake Bibby | Wigan Warriors | 2 years | June 2019[17] |
Jackson Hastings | Wigan Warriors | 2 years | June 2019[18] |
Robert Lui | Leeds Rhinos | 2 years | June 2019[19] |
George Griffin | Castleford Tigers | 2 years | July 2019[20] |
Derrell Olpherts | Castleford Tigers | 3 years | July 2019[21] |
Josh Wood | Wakefield Trinity | 2 years | October 2019[22] |
Daniel Murray | Hull Kingston Rovers | Swap Deal | October 2019[23] |
Greg Johnson | Bradford Bulls | 1 year | November 2019[24] |
Logan Tomkins | Hull KR | 2 Years | November 2019[25] |
Adam Walker | Released | February 2020[26] |
References
- ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Robert Lui & Tui Lolohea: Leeds Rhinos & Salford Red Devils agree swap". 26 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Chris Atkin: Hull Kingston Rovers halfback to make Salford Red Devils move". BBC Sport. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "James Greenwood makes Salford switch early". 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Salford confirm signing of Kevin Brown". 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Pauli Pauli to make Salford move for 2020". 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Jones Joins Red Devils". 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Salford announce double signing". 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Dan Sarginson: Salford Red Devils sign Wigan Warriors centre". BBC Sport. 19 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Elliot Kear, Rhys Williams & Luke Yates join from London Broncos". BBC Sport. 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Ryan Lannon makes permanent Salford return". 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Salford confirm capture of Sebastine Ikahihifo". 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Josh Jones agrees Hull switch".
- ^ "Jake Bibby joins Wigan". 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Hastings to become a Warrior". 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos sign Robert Lui as Tui Lolohea heads to Salford Red Devils". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
- ^ "Castleford Tigers confirm signing of George Griffin from Salford". www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk.
- ^ "Derrell Olpherts: Castleford sign Salford Red Devils winger on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Josh Wood: Wakefield Trinity sign Salford Red Devils hooker". BBC Sport. 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Murray and Ryan Lannon: Salford Red Devils and Hull KR in swap deal". BBC Sport. 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Bradford Bulls capture Salford Red Devils winger Greg Johnson". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
- ^ "Widnes pull off Logan Tomkins coup". November 2019.
- ^ "Salford part ways with Adam Walker". 21 February 2020.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[4]
External links
- Official website
- Super League website