Rangi Chase inspires Salford Red Devils to victory over Wakefield Wildcats
Last Updated: 16/03/15 1:59pm
Rangi Chase turned on the style as Salford Red Devils continued their revival with a 24-18 win over Wakefield Wildcats to climb into Super League’s top eight.
The former Castleford and England stand-off scored one try and provided the scoring pass for Salford's three others to further underline his return to the form that earned him the Man of Steel title in 2011.
Chase had the chance to help his side open the scoring at the AJ Bell Stadium but his trademark "no-look" pass found a defender instead of a team-mate and Wakefield went on to dominate the rest of the opening quarter.
Craig Hall's 40-20 kick set up the position for left winger Chris Riley to go over, only to be brought back for a forward pass, while centre Reece Lyne had a try disallowed for a double movement.
The visitors finally broke the deadlock on 16 minutes when Danny Washbrook's break paved the way for Jacob Miller to score.
Hall's conversion made it 6-0 but the Red Devils struck twice in a five-minute spell to turn the tables on the visitors.
Chase picked off a pass by Tim Smith to get winger Greg Johnson away for an 80-metre try and then produced a short pass for Weller Hauraki to score his first try for the club.
Salford looked to be firmly in command when Chase dummied his way over for a solo try three minutes into the second half, Josh Griffin making it 18-6, but Wakefield were in no mood to roll over.
Hooker Paul McShane caught the Salford defence napping by forcing his way over from dummy half for his side's second try, which Hall goaled.
Adrian Morley then marked his 300th Super League appearance with the highlight of the match, a 50-metre break to set up the position for Chase to get centre Junior Sa'u over for a fourth try.
Wakefield battled to the end and were rewarded with Hall's opportunist try but Salford never looked like surrendering their lead.
