After the last round saw two postponements, the trend continued in round ten with Leeds Rhinos' trip to face current leaders Catalans Dragons postponed due to an extension of the Rhinos' COVID issues. The round also saw five games across four days ranging from Wednesday-Saturday.
Tigers Triumphant At Trinity
The round opened on Wednesday as Castleford Tigers claimed an 18-12 win over city rivals Wakefield Trinity at the Mobile Rocket Stadium. The visitors struck first with George Griffin crossing and Danny Richardson converting for a 6-0 lead that was rapidly levelled at 6-6 by Jacob Miller's try and Mason Lino's conversion. Jordan Turner touched down to send the Tigers into the interval with a 10-6 advantage.
The advantage became 14-6 with Michael Shenton's try on 50 minutes before Peter Mata'utia looked to have sealed the win with a try on the hour for 18-6. Wakefield set up a frantic finish though as Miller claimed his second try and Lino converted for 18-12 which due to strong defence from the Tigers was how the match ended.
Saints Stunned By Winning Wolves
Thursday night saw the league's best attack face the best defence with St Helens' continuing to suffer the woes of facing Warrington Wolves who edged a 6-2 win. St Helens opened the scoring with a Lachlan Coote penalty for 2-0 on 13 minutes. Warrington replied on 24 minutes with a Ben Currie try which Gareth Widdop converted for 6-2. The score line remained until the end of the evening due to a mix of strong defence from both sides and mixed attacking with some errors.
Robins Ruin Warriors Homecoming
Friday night saw a wait of 467 days since the last attendance at the DW Stadium come to an end but sadly a losing return as Hull Kingston Rovers claimed an 18-8 win over Wigan Warriors. In front of around 6000 Warriors fans, the Robins struck first in a tight first half as Ben Crooks crossed and converted for a 6-0 advantage into the interval.
Ryan Hall extended the Robins' lead on the hour with Crooks converting for a 12-0 lead. Wigan finally got off the mark with an Oliver Gildart brace in the space of three minutes but failed conversions left them behind at 12-8. KR wrapped up the win five minutes from the end as Adam Quinlan crossed for 16-8 to confirm the Warriors fans would begin their return to home attending with a defeat.
Salford Success Halts Huddersfield
Friday's action continued with Salford Red Devils edging a 9-8 win over Huddersfield Giants at the John Smith's Stadium. Salford struck the opening score as Andy Ackers crossed and Declan Patton converted for a 6-0 lead inside 11 minutes. Hudds got off the mark with an Aidan Sezer penalty goal for 6-2 before Patton swept over a penalty goal to send the visitors into the interval with an 8-2 advantage.
Huddersfield drew level within eight minutes of the restart as Jake Wardle crossed for a try which Sezer converted for 8-8 but it was to be Salford who claimed the win courtesy of a drop goal from Chris Atkin for 9-8.
Hull FC Humble Luckless Leigh
The action resumed on Saturday afternoon as Leigh Centurions' wait for a first win continued in a 64-22 loss to Hull FC at Leigh Sports Village. A rapid start from FC saw Jake Connor cross for the opening score inside two minutes for 4-0 before James Bell replied for Leigh with Ryan Brierley converting for a 6-4 lead. Hull hit back through Adam Swift before Manu Ma'u touched down for 12-6. FC took control with Bureta Faraimo, Mahe Fonua and Andre Savelio all crossing and Swift claiming his second try with Marc Sneyd converting thrice for a 34-6 lead into the interval.
Connor Wynne extended the lead within a minute of the restart with Sneyd kicking for 40-6 but Leigh then hit back with a Ben Renyolds try for 40-10. FC resumed control with Jack Brown crossing ahead of a second Savelio score and with Sneyd converting both for 52-10. A self-converted score from Brierley cut the gap to 52-16 but again it was a only a blip in FC's spree with Chris Satae going in ahead of a hat-trick try from Savelio, Sneyd reaching eight successes with the boot for 64-16. Leigh had the final saw as Brierley crossed for his second try and converted for a 64-22 final score.
Catalans Charge Halted By Rhinos Covid Cases
The round was set to end with current leaders Catalans Dragons hosting Leeds Rhinos at Stade Gilbert Brutus on Saturday evening. After last week's tie against St Helens was cancelled due to an influx of Covid cases for the Rhinos, their woes continued and forced this clash to also be cancelled.
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