The battle to survive in Super League and for others reach the top flight continued with round four of The Qualifiers.
Saturday's round opener saw an epic batttle as Warrington Wolves held on for a 40-38 win over London Broncos. London started superbly as they opened up a 14-0 lead with tries from Kieran Dixon, Rhys Williams and Jarrod Sammut with Sammut converting only his own try. Warrington got off the mark through Tom Lineham for 14-4 before George King went over just before the interval with Declan Patton converting for 14-10.
The Wolves levelled within five minutes of the restart through Peta Hiku with Patton converting for 14-16. Further scores from Kevin Brown, Patton and Ben Westwood were converted by Patton making it 14-34. A second self-converted try from Sammut cut the gap to 20-34 before Patton converted a second try from Brown, 20-40. London staged a stunning fightback as Sammut completed his hat-trick ahead of a try from Andy Ackers and second score from Dixon with Sammut converting the lot for 38-40.
Hull Kingston Rovers continued their push for an instant return to Super League with a 30-18 win at Featherstone Rovers. Fev struck first through Kyran Johnson nine minutes in with Ian Hardman converting for 6-0.
Hull levelled six minutes later as Ryan Shaw went over with Jamie Ellis converting for 6-6 before improving a try from Danny Addy and scoring a self-converted try for 6-18 at half-time.
A try from Frankie Mariano on 51 minutes saw Hardman convert for 12-18 before an Ellis penalty, tries from Thomas Minns and Andrew Heffernan (Ellis conv) put KR in control at 12-30. The final say went to the hosts as Johnson claimed his second try with Hardman converting for 18-30.
Catalans Dragons boosted their Super League survival hopes with a comfortable 24-0 win at Halifax.
A tight first quarter between the sides saw them locked at 0-0 before two tries in six minutes either side of the half hour mark saw Luke Walsh and Richie Myler touch down with Walsh converting twice for 0-12 into the interval.
Brayden Wiliame extended the lead within five minutes of the restart, Walsh converting for 0-18 before he converted an effort on 65 minutes from Fouad Yaha for 0-24.
Widnes Vikings continued their survival hopes with a 24-8 win at Leigh Centurions.
The Vikings opened the scoring inside four minutes through Lloyd White for a 0-4 lead that soon became 0-8 as Rhys Hanbury kicked two penalties. Alex Gerrard extended the lead on 26 minutes, Hanbury converting for 0-14.
James Clare got Leigh on the board with a 55th minute try but Widnes resumed control with Corey Thompson crossing and Chris Bridge converting for 4-20. Matty Dawson cut the gap six minutes later to make it 8-20 but Widnes wrapped up the win with two penalties from Bridge for 8-24.
Saturday's round opener saw an epic batttle as Warrington Wolves held on for a 40-38 win over London Broncos. London started superbly as they opened up a 14-0 lead with tries from Kieran Dixon, Rhys Williams and Jarrod Sammut with Sammut converting only his own try. Warrington got off the mark through Tom Lineham for 14-4 before George King went over just before the interval with Declan Patton converting for 14-10.The Wolves levelled within five minutes of the restart through Peta Hiku with Patton converting for 14-16. Further scores from Kevin Brown, Patton and Ben Westwood were converted by Patton making it 14-34. A second self-converted try from Sammut cut the gap to 20-34 before Patton converted a second try from Brown, 20-40. London staged a stunning fightback as Sammut completed his hat-trick ahead of a try from Andy Ackers and second score from Dixon with Sammut converting the lot for 38-40.
Hull levelled six minutes later as Ryan Shaw went over with Jamie Ellis converting for 6-6 before improving a try from Danny Addy and scoring a self-converted try for 6-18 at half-time.
A try from Frankie Mariano on 51 minutes saw Hardman convert for 12-18 before an Ellis penalty, tries from Thomas Minns and Andrew Heffernan (Ellis conv) put KR in control at 12-30. The final say went to the hosts as Johnson claimed his second try with Hardman converting for 18-30.
A tight first quarter between the sides saw them locked at 0-0 before two tries in six minutes either side of the half hour mark saw Luke Walsh and Richie Myler touch down with Walsh converting twice for 0-12 into the interval.
Brayden Wiliame extended the lead within five minutes of the restart, Walsh converting for 0-18 before he converted an effort on 65 minutes from Fouad Yaha for 0-24.
The Vikings opened the scoring inside four minutes through Lloyd White for a 0-4 lead that soon became 0-8 as Rhys Hanbury kicked two penalties. Alex Gerrard extended the lead on 26 minutes, Hanbury converting for 0-14.
James Clare got Leigh on the board with a 55th minute try but Widnes resumed control with Corey Thompson crossing and Chris Bridge converting for 4-20. Matty Dawson cut the gap six minutes later to make it 8-20 but Widnes wrapped up the win with two penalties from Bridge for 8-24.
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