Former Red Devils centre Griffin was red carded by referee Liam Moore for a dangerous tackle, while Green and Salford’s Adam Walker were sin-binned in a frantic final 10 minutes. Winger Jake Bibby touched down twice as Salford made the most of their one-man advantage to complete his hat-trick, but Lee Radford’s side held on for victory. They were certainly in cruise control as half-back Albert Kelly touched down twice on his 150th career appearance put them on the way to victory. It was an explosive opening period as the sides scored at a point a minute. Hull’s contribution was five tries, with efforts from Jake Connor, Mark Minichiello and Jamie Shaul. Former Salford half-back Marc Sneyd added four goals but also missed two further shots at goal plus a single point attempt. Salford trailed 18-0 before substitute Pauli Pauli crashed over and then Wigan-bound Jake Bibby produced an aerial finish with Hull 24-12 in front. But every time they gained a foothold, Hull punished weak tackling, doing so for the fifth time through full-back Shaul six minutes from the interval. Salford gave themselves a glimmer of hope when Robert Lui powered over after the restart, but Hull replied with Sneyd’s 63rd-minute drop-goal and a Ratu Naulago try. But Salford were not finished as they managed a fourth try from Pauli Pauli, before the feisty ending. Hull: Shaul, Naulago, Connor, Griffin, Faraimo, Kelly, Sneyd, Green, Houghton, Paea, Minichiello, S. Manu, Westerman. Substitutes: Bowden, Fash, Hadley, Savelio. Salford: Evalds, Sio, Welham, Inu, Bibby, Lui, Hastings, Murray, Lussick, Dudson, Jones, Griffin, Burke. Substitutes: Walker, Tomkins, McCarthy, Pauli. Referee: Liam Moore (RFL).