Catalans 44-10 Salford: Fouad Yaha leads rout of Red Devils

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Highlights from Perpignan as Catalans clinched their spot in the Super 8s with victory over Salford

Fouad Yaha scored four tries as Catalans secured their place in Super League for 2019 with a 44-10 crushing of Salford.

The Dragons were rarely troubled as they extended their unbeaten run to five games, with Josh Drinkwater, Jason Baitieri and Kenny Edwards (2) also touching down.

After having gone through the dreaded Million Pound Game in 2017, Catalans were looking to avoid the potential of playing in it for a second successive year and secure a place in the Super 8s.

They did so despite the late withdrawal of influential back rower, Greg Bird, who missed the game to attend the birth of his second child.

Catalans winger Fouad Yaha scored two tries in each half

Yaha opened the scoring for the Catalans in the sixth minute, the French winger starting and finishing a move that started 20 metres from his own line.

Brayden Williame broke away down the left before passing to the supporting Yaha, who touched down in the corner.

Drinkwater missed the conversion but added a penalty goal in the 15th minute following a ball steal, before touching down unopposed three minutes later as he finished off Samisoni Langi's break downfield.

Salford regained possession from the kick-off and reaped the benefits as Derrell Olpherts touched down in the left corner following a flowing move from right to left that involved Rob Lui, Jake Shorrocks and Josh Wood.

Dragons half-back Josh Drinkwater continued his good form with a try and six goals

But Catalans scored back-to-back tries before half-time, Baitieri dotting down from close range before Edwards went under the posts following a superb catch and offload by Yaha. Drinkwater converted both tries to take the score to 24-4.

Yaha's second try of the game came a minute before half-time following good work by Drinkwater and Williame, taking the interval score to 28-4.

Catalans started the second half as they finished the first, Yaha touching down four minutes after the interval from Williame's pass to complete his hat-trick.

He added a fourth try three minutes later from a scrum set play, the Catalans backs combining to send Yaha over and Drinkwater's conversion taking the score to 38-4.

Salford did register a second try of the game, Wood collecting Josh Jones' offload before dancing past a helpless Mickael Simon to score to the right of the posts.

But Catalans had the final say, Edwards scoring his second try with 11 minutes remaining after racing onto Drinkwater's neat grubber.