Salford Red Devils faced another defeat this weekend, as a dominant St Helens won 58-0.
The Red Devils started well and were trying to avoid a repeats of the previous 82-0 blow-out on the opening weekend of the season and a 46-4 loss at the Salford Community Stadium.
And with the squad being reinforced by the returns of Ethan Ryan and Jayden Nikorima, plus the loan signing of Danny Richardson, they stood up to a series of attacks.
But despite their best-efforts St Helens continued to probe the Salford defence.
Feldt opened the scoring eight minutes in, spotting a gap to dart forward as he left on-loan Saints man Jonny Vaughan wrong-footed.
Saints scored again in the 24th minute, with Dagnall diving over in the corner after being found by Deon Cross.
Salford’s troubles grew as Vaughan was forced off with an injury and the cracks appeared late in the first half.
Sailor was at the heart of the third try in the 33rd minute, drawing two defenders before popping the ball off to Feldt, who had space on the overlap to cross in the corner.
And after Feldt missed his first two conversation attempts, Jonny Lomax took over kicking responsibilities and saw his kick go through off the post.
Five minutes later Saints scored a fourth, with a quick pass from Moses Mbye allowing Knowles to stroll through the centre of the Salford defence.
The damning tries saw Salford heads dropped before the second half which eventually saw the gap between the two sides extend.
And eight minutes into the second half when it was all too easy for Clark to stride through – with Dagnall scoring a stylish second in the 58th minute after chasing down his own kick into the corner.
Salford were broken through again as moments later Sailor got Saints’ seventh, with Harry Robertson forcing an opening before handing the ball off.
Sailor then gifted Jake Burns a try after being set up by Feldt with the try awarded by video referee Jack Smith after initially being signalled offside by Aaron Moore.
Burns had to work harder for his second but touched down under the posts before Sailor and Feldt piled on the Salford pain with late tries.
Following the fixture, Paul Rowley shared his thoughts on the team’s performance, as he said: “I thought the first half set the scene if I’m being honest.
“Saints threw nothing at us that we didn’t know was coming. They’re a physical side, we know that. We knew what we had to do in terms of defending shapes.”
He continued to mention the difference in physicality between the two sides, and that it was something that had a damning effect on the scoreline.
“The challenge is physical and we didn’t apply that right from the start,” he added: “You always get your reward at the end, if there’s a team looking good, due to weight of possession or field position, you always get some fun at the end.
“The whole game I didn’t feel we were anywhere near, and full credit to Saints for being good at what they do,” Rowley added.
The Red Devils remain bottom of the league table, and with Huddersfield Giants being two points ahead of Salford it will be a long way back for Paul Rowley’s side to lift them off the bottom.
Salford Red Devils will return to the Salford Community Stadium on Friday 4 July, where they will be looking for a win against Warrington Wolves.
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