Huddersfield coach Luke Robinson told Radio Leeds:
“It was an ugly game, not the best to watch for a neutral. I told Rowls [Paul Rowley] afterwards that he’s great at creating that siege mentality, and no matter which players he puts out they compete so hard.
“I don’t think I would have been able to live with myself if I had been the coach that lost [Leroy Cudjoe’s] last-ever game. What he has done for not only the club, but rugby in Huddersfield, he is Mr Huddersfield.
“My debut for Huddersfield was also Leroy’s debut in 2008 against Leeds in a packed-out stadium so I’ve gone through a journey with him, and seeing the player he has become from a skinny full-back, to wing, to centre, to back row, to loose, and I even started him at prop today…
“He is a champion bloke on and off the field and gives everything for Huddersfield.”
Salford coach Paul Rowley said:
“We play like a team and that’s really remarkable for us, having nine loan players in or whatever. In terms of character, we’ve never failed. It’s a 10 out of 10 there.
“We defended for a full second-half really and ultimately it got us in the end.
On the future for his squad: “They know that I know exactly the same as them.
“That question might as well be me asking them. I’m as in-the-know as them.
“Obviously the delayed tax HMRC thing probably adds, if anything, to more anxiety because we go into the off-season still with a cloud over us.”
