Salford Red Devils lost 74-12 to a rampant Hull KR, who recorded their biggest win of the Super League era.
The Red Devils arrived into this fixture with a weeks rest following their defeat to Leeds Rhinos, losing 42-6.
However, despite their rest, the home side were dismantled by the league leaders with former Salford Red Devils star, Joe Burgess scoring four tries, rubbing salt into the wounds.
All of Burgess’ tries came from the left boot of reigning Man of Steel Mikey Lewis who set up eight tries in all and also scored one himself.
Tom Davies, Rhyse Martin and Jez Litten scored two each with Jack Broadbent, Sauaso Sue, and Arthur Mourgue getting the others.
Justin Sangare and Charlie Glover replied for Salford but another makeshift side was well overrun.
Hull KR arrived into the fixture with a wobbled stretch of form with defeats to Leeds and Leigh before finally securing a win over Catalans Dragons.
And as the came into the fixture refreshed after a weekend off, they needed only 70 seconds to score their first try as Davies too easily burst through the Salford line.
Before the Red Devils could even recover, the scoreline was increased two minutes later.
Burgess raced down the left before laying it off for Broadbent to cross, and with only 10 minutes gone – Sue had the power to get over the line despite the best efforts of Jack Ormondroyd.
And with the game out of the Red Devils hands, it looked to be a tough evening for the young Salford side.
However, mistakes crept into the Hull KR game and they were able to take advantage of a couple of penalties to get themselves on the board.
Points were scored for Salford when Sangare bulldozed his way over for his first Salford try.
This didn’t concern the away side, and even after losing Tyrone May to a yellow card for dissent as tempers frayed on both sides – they were able to regather themselves.
Rovers were able to score their fourth try of the tie on the half-hour mark, with Lewis’ chip gathered by Burgess for a simple finish.
Burgess try would be the first of four tries in 10 minutes.
Martin charged under the posts despite protests from Salford fans that Lewis’ pass to the Papua New Guinea international was forward.
And Martin converted himself, taking over from Mourgue who missed three of his four attempts.
Next, Lewis easily palmed off tackles from Glover and Toby Warren before laying off for Litten to score.
The pick of the tries came seconds before half-time as Burgess and Lewis combined down the left before Burgess touched down from Lewis’ kick.
Less than four minutes into the second half, Burgess snared Lewis’ chip to touch down again, and Martin made the kick from the wing to bring up his 1,000th Super League point.
Lewis and Burgess combined for a fourth time in the 47th minute before Lewis ran half the length of the pitch to score himself.
The reigning Man of Steel then laid off for Mourgue to get the 11th before Davies got his second.
And with the game settled, the Red Devils were able to score again after their continued pressure – Glover was able to power over under the posts.
However, Hull KR were able to get the final word of the fixture, as Martin was able to go down the left to seal the victory 74-12.
With 14 tries conceded the Red Devils remain bottom of the league table, with the defeat in the Round 20 fixture marking their 18th loss of the season.
The Red Devils will now have to refocus their attention for their next fixture – as they travel to the MKM Stadium to play Hull FC on Sunday 10 August.
More information for the next fixture can be found here.
Article was contributed with Ian Parker from PA
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