Warriors Extend Winning Run Over Rhinos
Wigan Warriors' perfect start to the season continued with a 19-6 win over a depleted Leeds Rhinos on Thursday evening. The Warriors opened the scoring on 20 minutes with Liam Farrell going over for 4-0. A stunning second try saw Zak Hardaker collected his own kick to go over for an 8-0 lead which lasted into the interval. 
Leeds cut the gap to 8-6 within six minutes of the restart as Alex Mellor crossed and Rhyse Martin converted but Wigan soon resumed control with Jackson Hastings touching down for 12-6 before the hour mark and the points were wrapped up on 73 minutes by a second Farrell score which Hardaker converted for an 18-6 advantage. Hardaker added a late drop goal.to make it 19-6 as Wigan made it three wins from three matches.
Terrific Tigers Crush Centurions
Friday's action opened with Castleford Tigers easing to a 52-16 win over Leigh Centurions at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle. The Tigers raced into an 18-lead inside the first quarter with efforts from Liam Watts, Dan Smith & Derrell Olpherts with Gareth O'Brien converting twice and Paul McShane converting the latter. The lead advanced to 34-0 at the interval with Greg Eden, Niall Evalds & Michael Shenton all crossing with McShane adding two conversions.
Jordan Turner (McShane conv) crossed to increase the lead after the break before Leigh got off the mark with a Jordan Thompson score but Cas resumed control with a second try from Olpherts and score from Jake Trueman with McShane converting both for a huge 52-4 advantage. Leigh had the last say on the score with two late tries from Ben Renyolds & Ryan Brierley with Renyolds converting both for a 52-16 final score.
Super Saints Topple Trinity
St Helens continued their perfect start to the season with a comfortable 34-6 win over Wakefield Trinity at the Totally Wicked Stadium. The sides played out a tight first half with neither able to trouble the scoreboard at 0-0.
Saints opened the scoring within two minutes of the restart, Kevin Naiqama crossing and Tommy Makinson converting for a 6-0 lead that soon became 12-0 as Makinson converted a James Bentley try on 47 minutes. The hosts took control either with scores either side of the hour mark from Jack Welsby & Regan Grace (Makinson convs) for 24-0 and the win was wrapped up with second scores from Naiqama & Grace with Lewis Dodd converting the latter for 34-0. Wakefield avoided a nilling late on with a try from Jay Pitts with Mason Lino converting for a 34-6 final score.
Record Breaking Rovers Deny Giants
Hull Kingston Rovers created Super League history in their 25-24 win over Huddersfield Giants at Hull College Craven Park. The historic event came as Ben Crooks scored the quickest ever try by touching down after just SEVEN seconds with Jordan Abdull converting, KR had a perfect start at 6-0. Abdull added a penalty goal for 8-0 before Crooks crossed for his second and Mikey Lewis touched down, Abdull converted just the latter for an 18-0 lead.
Hudds cut the gap before the interval with a Jermaine McGillvary try for 18-4 and staged a second half comeback by going into a 20-18 lead just after the hour mark thanks to scores from Darnell McIntosh, Jake Wardle & Chris McQueen with Aidan Sezer converting twice. The Robins fought back with Kane Linnett crossing with Abdull converting for 24-24 but Hudds hit back with a second score from McIntosh and the missed conversion meant the sides were level at 24 all. However, any hopes of Golden Point were ended by Abdull who's drop goal sealed the win for Rovers at 25-24.
Dragons Defeat Rueful Red Devils
Saturday afternoon saw Catalans Dragons ease to a 42-6 win over Salford Red Devils at the Stade Gilber Brutus. The Dragons raced into a 20-0 first half lead with tries from Ben Garcia, Samisoni Langi & Josh Drinkwater with James Maloney converting the lot including a penalty goal in between.
The spree extended into the second half with Fouad Yaha and Tom Davies crossing and Maloney converting both for 32-0 before Salford got off the mark with Harvey Livett touching down and ex-Dragons back Morgan Escare converting for 32-6. The hosts wrapped up a comfortable victory with Yaha crossing twice more late on for his hat-trick and Maloney converting just the former for 42-6.
Hull FC Held By Wolves
The round ended on Sunday with a first Super League draw since 2018 as Hull FC drew 14-14 with Warrington Wolves. The sides exchanged penalty goals with Marc Sneyd & Stefan Ratchford both converting for 2-2 and the low score remained into the interval.
The first try of the afternoon arrived on 57 minutes as Jake Connor crossed with Sneyd converting for 8-2 but Wire hit back with Chris Hill crossing and Ratchford converting for 8-8.FC went ahead with nine minutes remaining as Carlos Tuimavave touched down with Sneyd kicking for 14-8 but their joy was soured right at the end with Jake Mamo crossing on the hooter with Gareth Widdop converting for 14-14 and forcing Golden Point. Both periods of extra time saw the sides try their luck with drop goal attempts but to no avail as the sides were forced to share the points in a 14-14 draw.
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