There is so much drivel on here... Firstly... Players were not fighting with their own 'fans'. They were sorting out some people that came along for the day who rarely attend any games whatsoever.

I've been watching Salford home and away for over 30 years, and talk of Salford having a history of this is crap. I've seen comments about trouble at The Willows which stopped people going... 30 years I stood in that ground and I've never seen bricks thrown from Salford supporters, and can only recall one incident in that time... which was started by Saints fans singing 'Munich'.

At worst it's usually a some idiot tanked up and throwing a beer following a decision that they don't understand. I'm also led to believe that one of the key people in the images is actually a Wigan supporter who came along for the day... so should we look at having a pop at Wigan fans too ? Answer... no.

I've refused to comment so far because I wasn't involved... But I'm pretty sure there are some people on those pics that were also in the middle of this trying to stop the situation from getting worse that have been caught at the wrong time by the photographer... which then will make them a suspect when perhaps they shouldn't be. A photograph doesn't always tell the full story.

The club will see video footage of this and make a decision on what to do next.

Every club has it's balloons... But every clubs supporters by majority are good, decent and honest people... and Salford are no different.

Bank Holiday games bring out an excuse to get tanked up. I'd be more than happy to see a dry ground... but of course that will never happen because of the money involved. Crowds and profits would dip... But I'm all for that... coming to a game should be about watching the sport rather than an excuse to have a few pints... Trouble often follows a few beers... and I'd imagine this is no different.

Salford will need no encouragement from anybody to investigate this. They won't need warnings, fines or points deductions... they are on it and will do what ever is required to ensure it doesn't happen again. A club shouldn't be punished because a few people who came along for one game and ruined it for everyone. The club will be hurting right now, and the real fans will hurt too.

A total of £855 was raised in a day and a half. Donations had to stop online in order to withdraw the money and have it available in time for the Leeds game next Saturday.

Should have confirmation from the players which charity or charities they are going to donate to in the next day or so.

Great effort from Salford fans and the wider rugby league community.

Funny these fans are not true fans in this photo. I have never ever seen these at a Widnes game before. They are probably Football Fans coming for a up and Trouble.

Everytime there is trouble at a rugby league game it's always the usual, football fans, soccer hooligans etc to blame.
It's tedious now, those people, and the people that have caused trouble at every other game recently are there to watch RUGBY LEAGUE, they are attending a RUGBY LEAGUE game! not football!
Maybe they are fans of football too? it can happen, myself and most of the people i attend giants games with are also football fans, we don't cause trouble or fight with people, same can be said of 99% of "football fans"
The sooner the rugby league community accept that there are some elements of nasty people watch our game regularly and that sometimes these people feel the need to act like complete tools, the better!

Well said, there has been trouble on and off at rugby league since the 1970s at least. Worst offenders in my experience - Warrington, Widnes, Wakefield, Hull, Hull KR, Salford, Bradford in past, Saints, Wigan. Best fans of the big clubs in my experience are Leeds.