MATTY Blythe admits stopping Rangi Chase holds the key to the Bulls’ hopes of toppling Salford at Odsal this weekend.

Victory would fire Jimmy Lowes’ men right back into contention for a place in Super League next term.

After last week’s thumping at Wakefield, Blythe is confident his team are ready to find the right response against the Red Devils.

Former England star Chase has made match-winning contributions to Salford’s last two victories over Wakefield and Leigh.

Blythe said: “We learnt a big lesson last week but it was actually nice to play in a game where everything was a bit faster.

“No disrespect to the Championship, but facing Super League opposition are the games you want to be playing in.

“We’re a good side and we showed that in glimpses during the second half at Wakefield.

“When we put a few sets together, we will score points but it was just that first half-hour last week that killed us.

“Salford like to play rugby and we’ve seen that on a few video clips when they were playing Wakefield and Leigh.

“Rangi Chase is one of the most skilful players in Super League and their team revolves around him.

“They have also got a good pack, so any Super League opposition is going to be a tough ask but we’re confident that we can win week in and week out.

“There is no reason why we can’t win every game from now on. We can certainly win this week, there is no question about it.”

The Bulls face the prospect of being without Lee Gaskell this weekend following the back injury he sustained at Wakefield.

Blythe said: “I don’t think losing Gaskell disrupted us one bit last week.

“The game-plan that we had didn’t really involve the halves in the first 20 or 30 minutes.

“Defensively we just weren’t good enough and the majority of the lads out there last week have played Super League.

“They know what it’s all about and they know how to bounce back from bad defeats. We’re looking forward to doing that this week.”

Blythe’s place could come under threat from new arrival Dane Nielsen but the former Warrington man said: “You want competition within the side because it’s healthy.

“It makes you work harder and your team-mates work harder because once the game comes around, Jimmy will pick what he sees as the best team.

“But I’ve had that throughout my career and it doesn’t really matter who plays. We just need to dish up a decent performance.”

Meanwhile, the RFL has launched a formal investigation into alleged racist chanting during last Saturday’s match at Wakefield.

The Wildcats announced earlier this week they were probing “misconduct and unacceptable behaviour of spectators” at Belle Vue.

Now the RFL are to investigate a number of incidents which the match commissioner is believed to have included in his post-match report to the governing body.

Wakefield chairman Michael Carter said his club would work with their stewarding company, West Yorkshire Police and the RFL to identify the perpetrators and ban them for life.

Carter said: “I will not tolerate any form of abuse, and if there are culprits who are proven to be guilty of this, they will be banned from ever attending another game in which this club plays.”