# 2022 Salford Red Devils season

In the 2022 rugby league season, Salford Red Devils competed in Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup. Salford played at the AJ Bell Stadium and were coached by Paul Rowley.

## Season review

On 11 February, Salford began their Super League campaign with a 26–16 away win at Castleford Tigers which they followed with a 38–12 win over Toulouse Olympique. After this Salford began a poor run of results which saw them knocked out in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup and fall to tenth in the table by early May. However, their season then began to improve with back-to-back wins against Leeds Rhinos and Castleford and although a win over Wakefield Trinity in June was seen as boosting their chances of survival, by mid-July their win over Catalans Dragons was described in terms of them possibly reaching the play-offs. A 44–12 upset of league leaders' St Helens was part of a strong late season that also included wins over Huddersfield Giants and Castleford and meant that Salford went into the final round of the regular season having already qualified for the play-offs and so named six debutants in the squad for their 32–14 loss to Warrington wolves.
After finishing sixth in the table, Salford faced third-placed Huddersfield in the play-offs and defeated them 28–0 to set up a semi-final fixture with St Helens. On 17 September, their season was ended at the Totally Wicked Stadium by a 19–12 loss to the defending champions. At the 2022 Super League Awards on 20 September, Brodie Croft was named the Man of Steel.

## Results
### Pre-season friendlies

W Win L Loss
Pre-season results :
| Date | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
* ↑ Colin Dixon memorial trophy
* ↑ Lee Mossop Testimonial

### Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St Helens (C, L) | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 674 | 374 | +300 | 42 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 818 | 483 | +335 | 38 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 613 | 497 | +116 | 35 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 539 | 513 | +26 | 32 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 577 | 528 | +49 | 29 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 6 | Salford Red Devils | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 700 | 602 | +98 | 28 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 7 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 544 | 620 | −76 | 26 | |
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 498 | 608 | −110 | 24 | |
| 9 | Hull FC | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 508 | 675 | −167 | 22 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 27 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 497 | 648 | −151 | 20 | |
| 11 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 568 | 664 | −96 | 18 | |
| 12 | Toulouse Olympique (R) | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 421 | 745 | −324 | 10 | Relegated to the Championship |

#### Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss
Super League results :
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

#### Play-offs

Play-off results :
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

##### Team bracket

| Eliminators | Eliminators | Eliminators | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | 2 | Wigan Warriors | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 10 | 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 20 | | | |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 20 | | | | 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 12 |
| | | | | | | 1 | St Helens | 24 |
| | | | 1 | St Helens | 19 | | | |
| 3 | Huddersfield Giants | 0 | 6 | Salford Red Devils | 12 | | | |
| 6 | Salford Red Devils | 28 | | | | | | |
    Source:Rugby League Project

### Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss
Challenge Cup results :
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |