Friday's Super League talking points

We look at what is being said and team news ahead of Friday's three Betfred Super League matches, including the clash between Salford Red Devils and Castleford Tigers live on Sky Sports... Salford Red Devils vs Castleford Tigers (8pm, live on Sky Sports)

Elijah Taylor is looking for Salford's defence to come to the fore on Friday evening when they host Castleford in the second live match of Round 13.

The Red Devils go into the match buoyed by a 23-8 win at home to Leeds Rhinos last Sunday which ended a run of six games without a win in all competitions.

Included in those had been narrow defeats to high-flyers Wigan Warriors and St Helens, and Red Devils captain Taylor is demanding more consistent defensive displays from the team.

"We've been building nicely…so we've just got to keep building defensively," Taylor told Sky Sports. We know we've got points in us, but defensively we need to be more consistent in our approach.

"We can definitely build off that platform. Cas are a good team and we can't wait for Friday night to hopefully rip in as well as we can to get the two points."

Salford have already beaten Castleford once this season, overcoming them 26-16 at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle in the opening round of the 2022 season.

That was Tigers head coach Lee Radford's first competitive match in charge of the team and with Cas now into the top six of the Super League table after a 32-0 win at home to Hull Kingston Rovers last week, he feels they are a much different proposition to Round 1.

"We hit Salford and it's the halfway stage of the season," Radford said. "We're not where we need to be but it's heading into the right direction, definitely.

"Particularly after the start we got off to, and the suspensions we picked up on