2019 Super League Round Ten Part Two Review

Round ten began earlier in the season with the quartet of London, Leeds, Salford and Hull KR facing off due to this weekend being when they would enter the Challenge Cup. The second half of the round began on Thursday night as Huddersfield Giants edged a 20-18 win over Castleford Tigers.

The Tigers raced into a 6-0 lead with a Greg Eden try and Peter Mata'utia conversion inside three minutes which was cancelled out ten minutes later by Alex Mellor's score which Darnell McIntosh improved for 6 all. A Mata'utia penalty goal on 23 minutes saw the Tigers lead 8-6 into the interval before Mellor's second try three minutes after the restart saw McIntosh kick the Giants into a 12-8 advantage.

Matt Cook (Mata'utia conv) crossed to make it 14-12 to the Tigers but Hudds battled back level with a McIntosh penalty for 14 all before he kicked them into a 16-14 lead with a third penalty of the evening. Mata'utia replied with two penalties of his own after the hour to give Cas an 18-16 lead which was quickly erased by Mellor's hat-trick try which sealed the win.

In attendance at The Mobile Rocket Stadium on Friday night as Wakefield Trinity claimed a 30-20 win over Wigan Warriors. The Warriors struck first with Joe Burgess touching down on 22 minutes for a 4-0 lead that looked enough to lead at the interval. Trin had other ideas as they ran in three tries in the final four minutes of the half, Craig Kopczak, Joe Arundel and Max Jowitt crossing with Danny Brough converting twice for 16-4 at the break.

The hosts took just two minutes to extend their spree as Ben Jones-Bishop raced over, Brough kicking for 22-4 before adding a penalty eight minutes later for 24-4. Wigan cut the gap with a George Williams try before Jones-Bishop's second score and Brough's conversion made it 30-8. Wigan fought back with two further tries from Burgess as he completed his hat-trick, Morgan Escare converted both for 30-20 but the final say on the tie came as the clock hit zero with Pauli Pauli sin-binned after a scuffle.

The televised action saw St Helens go clear at the top as they cruised to a 38-12 over fellow high-flyers Warrington Wolves. Saints opened the scoring with a Lachlan Coote penalty goal on 11 minutes for 2-0 before a Blake Austin try and Stefan Ratchford conversion gave the Wolves a 6-2 lead. Mark Percival's 20th minute try drew Saints level ahead of a Coote penalty which saw them lead 8-6. Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Jonny Lomax crossed late in the half after the Wolves had Mike Cooper sent to the sin-bin with Coote converting twice for 20-6 into the interval.

Warrington ended Saints' spree with a Daryl Clark try and Ratchford conversion for 20-12 before Matty Lees and a Regan Grace penalty try saw Coote convert thrice for 34-12. The win was rounded off on 65 minutes with a Tommy Makinson try for 38-12 as the hosts retook top spot.

The round ended in stunning style on Saturday evening as Hull FC claimed 31-30 Golden Point win at Catalans Dragons. The Dragons struck inside five minutes through Tony Gigot with Sam Tomkins converting for 6-0 before adding a 21st minute penalty for 8-0. FC hit back with debuting duo Jack Brown and Connor Wynne crossing and Marc Sneyd converting both for 12-8.

FC led into the interval as Sneyd improved a late score from Josh Griffin for 18-8 at the break. Les Dracs cut the gap through Jason Baitieri (Tomkins conv) for 18-14 before a second Griffin try (Sneyd conv) made it 24-14. Ben Garcia (Tomkins conv) and Bureta Faraimo exchanged tries as FC led 28-20 ahead of Catalans cutting the gap to 28-24 with a Fouad Yaha try on 68 minutes.

A frantic finish saw the Dragons denied a potential match winning try by the VR but as Sam Kasiano touched down and Tomkins converted they hosts looked to have sealed a 30-28 win. The drama continued in the final seconds with FC's restart failing to reach ten but with Brayden Williame collecting, the visitors were awarded a penalty which Sneyd swept over from halfway for 30 all. Golden Point began with a Catalans error in receiving the kick-off and FC took full advantage with Sneyd kicking a one-pointer to seal a 31-30 win as FC became the first side to win by GP twice in 2019.