1969 was the last time Salford Red Devils played in a Challenge Cup final, and you have to go back to 1938 when they last won the trophy. But now the team is set for another history making season, with a Wembley final date on 17th October when Leeds Rhinos will be the opponents.
To get there, Salford had to come from behind to beat Warrington Wolves 24-22, having been losing 8-14 at the break. Tries by Watkins, Inu, Greenwood and Lussick sealed the victory, with Inu also kicking four goals.
"It feels great" half-back Kevin Brown told the BBC "I thought the conditions played a big part for us. We spoke about having a resilience and hanging in there and we did that in bucket loads today.
"We said it was not going to look pretty, and if you try to play pretty in this you will get beaten" he added "Some of the better players try to force it but we were trying to be patient and it worked for us. It took 75 minutes but we got there. We wanted the rain, we wanted the mud because Warrington have some great players, so it was a leveller."
This latest achievement comes hot on the heels of last season's first ever Grand Final which the Red Devils lost to St Helens.
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