Catalans winger Cotric opened the scoring within the first minute when he was adjudged to have scored within the nook, however full-back Sam Tomkins – making his four-hundredth profession look – missed his conversion try from the fitting touchline.
The hosts dominated the early phases, and when Alrix Da Costa was in a position to get his offload away to Tomkins, the 36-year-old broke clear and ran for the road however was held up by some good scrambling defence from the guests.
Catalans did get their second attempt of the match moments later when, after Salford half-back Jayden Nikorima’s quick restart was turned over by the hosts, Reimis Smith discovered Romano, who broke clear to the touch down.
In an usually gruelling first 40 minutes, Catalans’ Whitehead was despatched to the sin-bin for a late shot on Tiaki Chan – the son of Catalans basic supervisor Alex Chan – who was compelled off after a head harm evaluation.
Now with a person benefit, the Pink Devils, who welcomed again captain Kallum Watkins and Chris Atkin, quickly acquired on the board.
Chris Hill threw a superb dummy earlier than offloading one-handed to Shorrocks, who strolled beneath the sticks. Chris Hankinson added the extras to make it 8-6 at half-time.
Two minutes into the second-half Whitehead made up for his earlier misdemeanour when he dotted down within the in-goal space to attain his first attempt since returning to the membership following an eight-year spell within the NRL with Canberra Raiders.
Shortly after, former Pink Devils scrum-half Theo Fages dived over for the hosts when he expertly sidestepped the Salford defence as Catalans threatened to run away with the tie.
However after resisting waves of attacking play from the hosts, the proficient Esan Marsters discovered a spot and arrange Foster – a last-minute inclusion after the harm to Brierley, who earlier this week opened up on the psychological torment Salford’s present monetary woes had brought about the squad – to attain and cut back the arrears to eight factors.
It proved too little too late for the guests, however confirmed Salford’s continued willpower to make a battle of it this season after it was reported that Catalans had paid for his or her journey to Perpignan for tonight’s fixture.
