ST HELENS and the Salford Red Devils played out the most one-sided Super League game in history on Saturday evening – and it was live on the BBC.
An 82-0 scoreline was the largest winning margin of any Super League fixture since the summer era began and all focus was on Salford head coach Paul Rowley’s decision to chuck in 16 reserves players to take to the field at the Totally Wicked Stadium.
That had followed the controversy earlier in the week which saw the Red Devils’ £1.2 million sustainability cap fail to be lifted in time for the Round One clash – a fact that Rowley and the club only got to know an hour before they had to declare their squad for the fixture.
Despite the one-sided scoreline, according to Rugby League On TV, the game had an average viewership of 318,000 – which equated to a 2.7 per cent audience share.
And, at its peak, the fixture recorded an impressive peak of 413,000.
