A season that sees no more Super 8s and the prospect of golden point on a cold Thursday night began this weekend with Round One.
A derby clash at the Totally Wicked Stadium saw St Helens take the bragging rights with a 22-12 win over reigning Super League champions Wigan Warriors who started the season with a two point deduction due to salary cap irregularities from 2017.
A debut try from Kevin Naiqama and Jonny Lomax effort saw Mark Percival converting twice for a 12-0 lead before tries from Ben Flower and Liam Marshall both converted by Zak Hardaker saw Wigan go into the interval level. at 12 all. Saints regained the lead with a Regan Grace score ten minutes after the restart before a James Roby try and Percival conversion on 73 minutes wrapped up the victory.
A comfortable 20-4 opening win over Catalans Dragons at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for Castleford Tigers begins Friday's review. An early self-converted try from Paul McShane put the Tigers 6-0 ahead with McShane adding a penalty goal for 8-0 before Greg Eden crossed for a 12-0 advantage into the interval.
McShane's penalty goal on 47 minutes made it 14-0 with the Dragons cutting the gap after the hour through Lewis Tierney for 14-4. The hosts wrapped up the two points late on with a second Eden try which McShane converted for his fourth success with the boot.
A superb opening win for Salford Red Devils saw them claim a 34-14 victory over Hudddersfield Giants at the John Smith's Stadium. Izaac Farrell kicked an early penalty goal for the Giants for a 2-0 lead before a tries from Junior Sa'u and Ken Sio opened up an 8-2 advantage. Akuila Uate crossed after the interval with Farrell converting to level at 8 all before a Joey Lussick penalty goal restored Salford's lead at 10-8.
The visitors took control with a stunning 19 minute hat-trick from Niall Evalds which in addition to Sio's self-converted effort made it 30-8. Kruise Leeming cut the deficit late on with Farrell converting for 30-14 but the final say went to Darrel Olpherts who crossed in the final minute.
The night's televised action saw Hull Kingston Rovers secure a tight 18-16 win over city rivals Hull FC at KCOM Craven Park. Rapid tries from Sika Manu and Matty Dawson saw Marc Sneyd convert both to give FC a 12-0 lead. KR fought back with tries from Joel Tomkins and Mitch Garbutt, Josh Drinkwater converted both before adding a penalty goal just before the interval for a 14-12 advantage. FC regained the lead on 67 minutes as Bureta Faraimo crossed for 16-16 but a last-gasp try from Jimmy Keinhorst secured a famous win for KR as he crossed for 18-16.
McShane's penalty goal on 47 minutes made it 14-0 with the Dragons cutting the gap after the hour through Lewis Tierney for 14-4. The hosts wrapped up the two points late on with a second Eden try which McShane converted for his fourth success with the boot.
A superb opening win for Salford Red Devils saw them claim a 34-14 victory over Hudddersfield Giants at the John Smith's Stadium. Izaac Farrell kicked an early penalty goal for the Giants for a 2-0 lead before a tries from Junior Sa'u and Ken Sio opened up an 8-2 advantage. Akuila Uate crossed after the interval with Farrell converting to level at 8 all before a Joey Lussick penalty goal restored Salford's lead at 10-8. The visitors took control with a stunning 19 minute hat-trick from Niall Evalds which in addition to Sio's self-converted effort made it 30-8. Kruise Leeming cut the deficit late on with Farrell converting for 30-14 but the final say went to Darrel Olpherts who crossed in the final minute.
The night's televised action saw Hull Kingston Rovers secure a tight 18-16 win over city rivals Hull FC at KCOM Craven Park. Rapid tries from Sika Manu and Matty Dawson saw Marc Sneyd convert both to give FC a 12-0 lead. KR fought back with tries from Joel Tomkins and Mitch Garbutt, Josh Drinkwater converted both before adding a penalty goal just before the interval for a 14-12 advantage. FC regained the lead on 67 minutes as Bureta Faraimo crossed for 16-16 but a last-gasp try from Jimmy Keinhorst secured a famous win for KR as he crossed for 18-16.
Debutant Blake Austin crossed just before the hour mark for the Wolves who with Ratchford's fifth conversion led 26-0. Leeds avoided a nilling though with Stevie Ward going over three minutes from the end with Tuimoala Lolohea converting for a 26-6 final score.
Sunday afternoon featured a perfect start on their return to Super League for London Broncos at Ealing Trailfinders as they claimed a huge 42-24 victory over Wakefield Trinity. Wakefield raced out of the blocks with Craig Kopczak and Ryan Hampshire crossing for tries inside eight minutes with Danny Brough converting for 12-0. Matty Fleming replied for London, Jordan Abdull converting for 12-6 before Brough converted a Jacob Miller effort to restore the 12-point lead at 18-6.
London fought back to 18-14 with Rhys Williams crossing ahead of a self-converted try from Kieran Dixon The Broncos led at the half though as Eddie Battye and Matty Fozard touched down, Dixon converted both for a 26-18 advantage. Trinity cut the gap to 26-24 on 53 minutes with Kyle Wood crossing and Brough converting but to no avail as the Broncos took full control, Williams and Battye completing braces either side of the hour mark before a late try from Elliot Kear breached the 40 point mark with Dixon completing the afternoon with four conversions for 42-24.
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