Lee Mossop and Salford thrash Wigan to claim shock place in Grand Final

• Wigan Warriors 4-28 Salford Red Devils• Mossop scores final try in demolition of his former sideUnderdog stories do not get much bigger than this. For the first time in their history, Salford Red Devils are in the Super League Grand Final. This is a sentence which, if it had been written in January when the preseason predictions were being made, would have been met with utter derision. But that is the scale of the story we are dealing with here.Make no mistake about it, the reigning champions were not just beaten here – they were utterly humiliated against a Salford side who now stand on the verge of a first title in 43 years. The second-lowest spenders in the competition have bucked the trend with a group of players who were largely overlooked by other clubs. Many observers fancied them for relegation rather than the Grand Final Old Trafford. Related: St Helens storm into Grand Final after seven-try blitz blows Wigan away Related: Will Featherstone pip Toronto Wolfpack to the Super League? Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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