Huddersfield Giants turned over by Sam Stone and Salford Reds Devils

Paul Rowley’s team trailed 8-6 after 30 minutes but scored 26 unanswered points to boost their play-off ambitions with a first league win since June 9.

For Giants, it was a second defeat in six days that left them 10th and four points outside the top six.

Huddersfield’s 16th-minute opener came from Jake Bibby against his former club after Ryan Brierley failed to gather Olly Russell’s grubber kick.

Brierley’s first foray into Super League came at the Giants and he showed his former paymasters a clean pair of heels four minutes later to finish off Brodie Croft’s break. Marc Sneyd, on his 100th Red Devils appearance, kicked an equalising conversion.

Russell’s penalty for a high shot on Matty English put Huddersfield in front for a second time before the lead changed again seven minutes before the break.

Stone, whose dad Rick was Huddersfield’s head coach for three years, took advantage of sloppy tackling to grab the visitors’ second try. Sneyd goaled to give Salford a 12-8 interval lead.

Stone gave the Red Devils a two-score advantage 12 minutes into the second period.

And it was game over on the hour as winger Ken Sio scored his 100th Super League try and Sneyd kicked his fourth goal.

Salford had not finished and substitute Chris Atkin grabbed his team’s fifth try, Sneyd kicked the conversion and added a penalty after the final hooter.