Four years ago this week, Salford Red Devils and Mark Flanagan stared into the abyss. Eight points down to Hull KR with just two minutes remaining of the relegation-deciding Million Pound Game, they faced an uncertain future.
But two tries in the desperate closing stages - the second created by Flanagan - took the game to golden point extra time, where Gareth O’Brien slotted an iconic long-range drop goal.
Fast-forward four years and coach Ian Watson is 80 minutes away from guiding Salford to their second straight major final after reaching Old Trafford last October.
Flanagan admitted: “I couldn’t have seen us challenging for finals back then. “I always knew that the club had potential to grow with Watto and the backroom staff, but to do it
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