Salford rout pushes them back into top 6

SALFORD moved back into the top six with a 34-4 rout of Super League basement boys London Broncos but the final score belied the battle they faced for much of the afternoon.

Quickfire tries from Deon Cross and Nene MacDonald early in the second half broke the game open and late scores from Tim Lafai, twice, and Shane Wright padded the score before Hakim Miloudi's late reply.

But London had frustrated Paul Rowley's side throughout a first half in which two of three disallowed tries came from the Broncos, with only Sam Stone's try separating the sides at the break.

A home fixture against the league's bottom club gave Salford an opportunity to eat into their negative points difference, but they needed a late flurry to take it in a scrappy contest.