Super League: London Broncos 4-12 Salford Red Devils: Broncos still without a win after home defeat

London Broncos remain without a Super League win this season after falling to a home defeat to 12-man Salford.

The hosts took the lead after 19 minutes when Iliess Macani scored in the corner, before Kallum Watkins replied six minutes later.

Deon Cross made it 12-4 to Salford early in the second half before the Broncos' Will Lovell was sin-binned.

Salford had King Vuniyayawa sent-off for a tip tackle on 55 minutes but the Broncos failed to capitalise.

Broncos, without a win or point in Super League this season after the opening eight matches, will see this as a huge missed opportunity after playing against 12 men for 25 minutes.

They failed to score or unduly threaten Salford in the period when they enjoyed a numerical advantage.

It was Salford, who remain seventh, who almost won by a greater margin but Tim Lafai's try was ruled out after a lengthy check.

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The afternoon had started brightly for the hosts and they took the lead after 19 minutes when Macani went over when the ball was moved wide from a scrum but Bill Leyland's kick hit the post.

Salford hit back six minutes later when Ryan Brierley burst through a gap before sending skipper Watkins over the line, with Marc Sneyd's conversion putting the visitors 6-4 up.

Sneyd had the chance to grab another shortly before the half-hour mark but could not hold on to Cross' pass and the visitors took a two-point advantage into the break.

But it took Salford only three minutes after the restart to score their second try when Cross collected a looping pass to finish acrobatically in the corner and Sneyd stretched the lead to eight points.

Things took another turn for the worse for the Broncos when Will Lovell was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on Lafai, which left the Salford man needing treatment.

The Red Devils then went down a man themselves when Vuniyayawa was shown a red card for a tip tackle on Marcus Stock.

However, despite losing Vuniyayawa, it was Salford who came closest to adding to the scoreline, but Joe Shorrocks was held up short before Lafai's late effort was ruled out.

Broncos director of rugby Mike Eccles:

"Credit to them, we could not generate ruck speed and we wanted to move the ball but we couldn't do that.

"Yeah, massively (missed opportunity)."

Red Devils boss Paul Rowley:

"We're satisfied that we defended well for periods of the game.

"I thought our attitude to defence, which we needed an appetite to build the win on, I thought we had that. There was some positives.

"This group are honest people and quick to recognise flaws. We're not as sharp as we like at this present time, we're working extremely hard and we're fighting at the right end of the table."

London: Adebiyi, Bassett, Boafo, Butler, Davis, Hughes, Jones, Kennedy, Kershaw, Leyland, Lovell, Macani, Makin.

Interchanges: Meadows, Miloudi, Parata, Stock.

Salford: Atkin, Brierley, Cross, Dixon, Dudson, Foster, Lafai, MacDonald, Mellor, Morgan, Ormondroyd, Partington, Cust.

Interchanges: Ryan, Shorrocks, Sneyd, Vuniyayawa.

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