The final round of the Super League Super 8s saw the top four completed ahead of the semi finals.
The round opened with St Helens all but securing a top four spot with a 30-4 win at Salford Red Devils.
Salford struck first with a Niall Evalds try inside four minutes before Mark Percival crossed to level at 4-4. Alex Walmsley put Saints ahead with Percival converting ahead of kicking a penalty after the hosts had Ryan Lannon dismissed, 4-12 at the interval.
Saints were in control just after the hour with Zeb Taia's which Percival converted for 4-18 ahead of a second score from Walmsley and late try from Ben Barba with Percival converting both.
Hull FC wrapped up a top four finish with a 48-16 win over a much changed Castleford Tigers.
FC went ahead inside nine minutes with an Albert Kelly try which Marc Sneyd converted for 0-6 before Jake Connor crossed for 0-10. Danny Houghton (Sneyd conv) extended the lead to 0-16 before the Tigers got off the mark with a debut try from Tuoyo Egodo with Paul McShane converting for 6-16. FC went into the interval in control after a Jamie Shaul try and second score from Connor with Sneyd converting both for 6-28.
Two tries in four minutes from Egodo saw him complete his hat-trick with a single conversion from McShane closing the gap to 16-28. FC resumed control though with Connor completing his hat-trick ahead of a Carlos Tuimavave score with Sneyd converting both and kicking a penalty in-between for 16-42. Shaul rounded off the scoring with his second try on 70 minutes with Sneyd kicking his eighth success of the game.
Leeds Rhinos prepared for the semi-finals with a 36-12 derby win at Huddersfield Giants.
A rapid start from the Rhinos saw a self-converted try from Kallum Watkins inside three minutes before Danny McGuire crossed for 0-10. Jimmy Keinhorst extended the lead with Watkins converting for a 0-16 lead that as quickly cut by a Michael Lawrence try which Danny Brough converted for 6-16.
Leeds took full control with two tries in four minutes ahead of the hour mark, McGuire's second and an Anthony Mullally try with Watkins converting both ahead of adding a penalty for 6-30. Hudds reached double figures as Ryan Hinchciffe crossed with Brough kicking for 2-30. The Rhinos had the last say as Rob Burrow crossed ten minutes from the end with Watkins converting.
The round ended with Wigan Warriors needing a huge win at Wakefield Trinity to reach the top four, Trinity eased to a 32-0 win to claim fifth spot.
Ben Jones-Bishop got Trinity going with a 16th minute try which Liam Finn converted for a 6-0 lead that became 12-0 when Jacob Miller went over with Finn converting.
Wigan fell further behind to a Finn penalty before he improved Sam Williams' 60th minute try for 20-0. A miserable afternoon for the Warriors was completed by scores from Scott Grix and Keegan Hirst with Finn kicking both conversions to hand Wigan a first nilling in 2017.
The round opened with St Helens all but securing a top four spot with a 30-4 win at Salford Red Devils. Salford struck first with a Niall Evalds try inside four minutes before Mark Percival crossed to level at 4-4. Alex Walmsley put Saints ahead with Percival converting ahead of kicking a penalty after the hosts had Ryan Lannon dismissed, 4-12 at the interval.
Saints were in control just after the hour with Zeb Taia's which Percival converted for 4-18 ahead of a second score from Walmsley and late try from Ben Barba with Percival converting both.
FC went ahead inside nine minutes with an Albert Kelly try which Marc Sneyd converted for 0-6 before Jake Connor crossed for 0-10. Danny Houghton (Sneyd conv) extended the lead to 0-16 before the Tigers got off the mark with a debut try from Tuoyo Egodo with Paul McShane converting for 6-16. FC went into the interval in control after a Jamie Shaul try and second score from Connor with Sneyd converting both for 6-28.
Two tries in four minutes from Egodo saw him complete his hat-trick with a single conversion from McShane closing the gap to 16-28. FC resumed control though with Connor completing his hat-trick ahead of a Carlos Tuimavave score with Sneyd converting both and kicking a penalty in-between for 16-42. Shaul rounded off the scoring with his second try on 70 minutes with Sneyd kicking his eighth success of the game.
Leeds Rhinos prepared for the semi-finals with a 36-12 derby win at Huddersfield Giants. A rapid start from the Rhinos saw a self-converted try from Kallum Watkins inside three minutes before Danny McGuire crossed for 0-10. Jimmy Keinhorst extended the lead with Watkins converting for a 0-16 lead that as quickly cut by a Michael Lawrence try which Danny Brough converted for 6-16.
Leeds took full control with two tries in four minutes ahead of the hour mark, McGuire's second and an Anthony Mullally try with Watkins converting both ahead of adding a penalty for 6-30. Hudds reached double figures as Ryan Hinchciffe crossed with Brough kicking for 2-30. The Rhinos had the last say as Rob Burrow crossed ten minutes from the end with Watkins converting.
The round ended with Wigan Warriors needing a huge win at Wakefield Trinity to reach the top four, Trinity eased to a 32-0 win to claim fifth spot.Ben Jones-Bishop got Trinity going with a 16th minute try which Liam Finn converted for a 6-0 lead that became 12-0 when Jacob Miller went over with Finn converting.
Wigan fell further behind to a Finn penalty before he improved Sam Williams' 60th minute try for 20-0. A miserable afternoon for the Warriors was completed by scores from Scott Grix and Keegan Hirst with Finn kicking both conversions to hand Wigan a first nilling in 2017.
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