Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te rite a Ian Watson, kaiāwhina kaiako o Salford, ki te haere mai i tana reti tākaro i te 38 o ona tau ki te whakautu i tētahi SOS mai i te Red Devils. Ko Watson, ko tana tukinga whakamutunga hei kaitakaro-kaiako i te Championship mo Swinton i te Pipiri o mua, kua piki ake tana whakangungu i mua i te tukinga kaainga o te Ratapu ki a Castleford i muri i te ngaro o Salford i te kaitakaro tuawha ki te aukati me te toru atu ki te whara. "He tino tūponotanga ka hiahia pea mātou ki te karanga ki a Ian", te kaitohutohu matua a Iestyn Harris. "Kua whakangungu ia, ā, kua rite ia ki te whakautu i te karanga mēnā e hiahiatia ana". Ko te kaiāwhina o te kaiako o Salford a Ian Watson kua rite ki te puta mai i tana reti takaro i te 38 o ona tau. Ko Salford kaore a Rangi Chase, Weller Hauraki, Cory Paterson me Darrell Griffin na te aukati, i te wa e whara ana a Michael Dobson (knee), te pokapū Junior Sa'u me te winger Ben Jones-Bishop (waewae) i whara katoa i te hinganga o te 22-18 Challenge Cup i te raumati tuarima i Leigh, ka uru atu ki a Josh Griffin, Tommy Lee, Jason Walton me nga tuakana a Jordan me Adam Walne i te taha taha. I hainatia e Salford i te tata nei te kaituku whutupaoro Wayne Godwin mai i Dewsbury, ā, i tenei wiki i hainatia a Oliver Gildart rāua ko James Greenwood mai i Wigan, engari kei te whakaaro tonu a Harris kia 17 noa iho ngā kaitākaro e tika ana. Mena ka takaro a Watson ki nga Tigers i te AJ Bell Stadium, ka waiho ia hei kaitakaro tawhito rawa atu i te Super League, ka riro mai i te Leeds o mua o Salford me Warrington i mua Adrian Morley, e 38 tau ana i te marama e whai ake nei. Ko te rekoata mo te kaitakaro tawhito rawa atu i te Super League kei a Ahitereiria a Steve Menzies, e 39 ona tau i te wa i mutu ai tana mahi ki Catalans Dragons i te mutunga o te waa 2013. I puta a Watson i nga whakataetae Super League e 41 hei hawhe-taha me Salford i te 1997 me te 2002, i puta te 500 o tana mahi i te Poutu-te-rangi 2014, ko te katoa e whakauru ana i te rekoata 30 kapi mo Wales me te tango i nga wa ki Widnes, Rochdale, Oldham, Halifax me Leigh.
Kua whakaritea a Ian Watson kia puta mai i te reti tākaro i te 38 o ona tau. Ko tana kēmu whakamutunga hei kaitākaro-kaitautoko i te whakataetae mo Swinton i te Pipiri o te tau kua hipa. Kua piki ake a Watson i tana whakangungu i mua i te tukinga o te Ratapu ki a Castleford.