Salford have been wound up at a specialist companies court.

Former Salford Red Devils chief executive Chris Irwin has insisted the club will “never die” despite succumbing to a winding-up order at a specialist companies court on Wednesday.

The 152-year-old club’s existence came to an end after a one-minute hearing relating to an unpaid tax bill due to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

The Red Devils, who were relegated from Super League after a turbulent 2025 campaign, immediately had their membership terminated by the Rugby Football League.

However, there are hopes a ‘phoenix’ club could rise in time to fulfil the old club’s fixtures in next season’s second-tier Championship, with Irwin at the forefront of one of the interested consortiums.

Irwin said in a statement: “Today marks th

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