Huddersfield Giants 0–28 Salford Red Devils — Eliminator, 2022 Super League Finals Series
10 Sep 2022 · John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield · Attendance: 6,374
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Eliminator, 2022 Super League finals series: Huddersfield Giants 0–28 Salford Red Devils, at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield on 10 Sep 2022.
Sourcing caveat: Attendance is reported as 6,374 by Rugby League Project vs 6,327 by League Unlimited — not resolved to 2 matching sources; the RLP figure is used here. No referee name was identified in sources found. Burgess's and Watkins's try minutes weren't identified in sources found.
Scoring timeline
| 48′ | Salford Red Devils — try, Brierley |
| 78′ | Salford Red Devils — try, Ackers |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Huddersfield Giants | No scorers recorded. |
| Salford Red Devils | Tries: Burgess; Watkins; Brierley 48'; Ackers 78' Goals: Sneyd (6 conversions, 2 penalties 8'/60') Sin bin: Brierley 24' (late tackle) |
Team sheets
| Huddersfield Giants | Salford Red Devils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Tui Lolohea | Fullback | Ryan Brierley | 1 |
| 25 | Innes Senior | Wing | Ken Sio | 2 |
| 37 | Toby King | Centre | Deon Cross | 28 |
| 4 | Ricky Leutele | Centre | Tim Lafai | 4 |
| 21 | Leroy Cudjoe | Wing | Joe Burgess | 5 |
| 23 | Oliver Russell | Five-Eighth | Brodie Croft | 6 |
| 7 | Théo Fages | Halfback | Marc Sneyd | 7 |
| 8 | Chris Hill | Prop | Tyler Dupree | 32 |
| 9 | Danny Levi | Hooker | Andy Ackers | 9 |
| 17 | Owen Trout | Prop | Shane Wright | 11 |
| 11 | Josh Jones | Second Row | Elijah Taylor (c) | 13 |
| 12 | Chris McQueen | Second Row | Kallum Watkins | 3 |
| 13 | Luke Yates (c) | Lock | Alex Gerrard | 29 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 1 | Will Pryce | Sam Luckley | 26 | |
| 15 | Joe Greenwood | King Vuniyayawa | 15 | |
| 18 | Sebastine Ikahihifo | Chris Atkin | 18 | |
| 14 | Matty English | Jack Ormondroyd | 19 | |
| Ian Watson | Coach | Paul Rowley | ||
Match officials
| Referee | — |
Match report
Salford Red Devils shut out Huddersfield Giants 28-0 at the John Smith's Stadium, leading 16-0 at half-time and adding two more tries after the break through Ryan Brierley and Andy Ackers. Marc Sneyd landed 6 conversions and 2 penalty goals despite Brierley being sin-binned for a late tackle in the 24th minute. Huddersfield hooker Danny Levi suffered a knee injury during the match, and Salford's Brodie Croft failed a head injury assessment and missed the following week's semi-final as a result.