The Super League regular season ended with Round 25 and is joined in this update by the Play-Off Eliminators.
Warrington Wolves continued their good form with a 40-24 win over Castleford Tigers at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle. A rapid start from the Wolves saw them open up a 12-0 lead inside eight minutes as Matty Ashton and Jake Mamo both crossed for tries which were converted by Stefan Ratchford. The duo struck again either side of the half hour mark after Ratchford kicked a penalty and he went on to convert both the tries for a huge 26-0 advantage into the interval.
Ashton completed his hat-trick within five minutes of the restart with Ratchford extending his success with the boot for 32-0 before Castleford finally got off the mark with Peter Matautia crossing twice in the space of three minutes and Jordan Turner crossing out wide on the hour mark, Danny Richardson converted the lot to cut the gap to 32-18. Cas made it four scores in Just ten minutes as Grant Millington touched down and Richardson kicked to cut the gap to 32-24. Warrington ended the Tigers spree with a Ratchford penalty on 69 minutes before confirming the win late on with Connor Wrench crossing and Gareth Widdop converting for a 40-24 final score.
Robins Seal PO Spot Despite Rhinos Defeat
Hull Kingston Rovers secured sixth spot despite losing 36-12 to Leeds Rhinos who secured fifth on the Friday night at Emerald Headingley Stadium. The hosts struck first with Robert Lui crossing and Rhyse Martin converting for 6-0 before KR drew level with a Mikey Lewis try which Jordan Abdull converted for 6-6. Leeds regained the lead with a Matt Prior try and Martin conversion before opening up a 24-6 lead into the interval after scores from Tom Holroyd and Richie Myler were converted by Martin.
Leeds continued their control of scoreboard within seven minutes of the restart as James Donaldson crossed and Martin converted for 30-6 before Ash Handley went over after the hour mark with another Martin conversion making it 36-6. before the Robins had the final say with Will Dagger touching down and Abdull converting for a 36-12 final score.
Saints Suffer At Salford
Salford Red Devils rounded off their season on a high with a 26-14 win over St Helens at the AJ Bell Stadium. Saints opened the scoring inside six minutes as Jon Bennison crossed and Shay Martyn converted for 6-0 before Tui Lolohea cut the gap to 6-4 with a try for the hosts. Saints responded with a Jonny Lomax effort which Martyn converted before he added a penalty goal for a 14-4 lead. Salford made it a one score gap into the interval as Matty Costello went over and Chris Atkin converted for 14-10.
Salford continued the comeback in the second half as a self-converted try from Atkin put them ahead at 16-14 before Ellis Robson crossed for 20-14 and a Ken Sio effort and Krisnan Inu conversion completed the 26-14 win for the Red Devils.
Terrific Trinity Humble Hull FC
Wakefield Trinity signed off for the season in style as they eased to a 44-12 win over Hull FC at the Mobile Rocket Stadium. The hosts raced into an 18-0 lead inside the first quarter as Innes Senior. James Batchelor and Kelepi Tanginoa all crossed for tries which Mason Lino converted. Jacob Miller, David Fifita and Ryan Hampshire touched down with Lino improving just the middle score with Trinity taking a huge 34-0 lead into the interval.
Hull got off the mark on the hour mark as Miteli Vulikijapani went over with Jake Connor converting and a few minutes later, Connor crossed himself and converted to cut the gap to 34-12. Tanginoa claimed his second try of the evening with a surprise conversion coming from Fifita before Liam Kay rounded off the rout late on with a try for a 44-12 final score.
Warriors Win As Dragons Defeated
Wigan Warriors ensured they would enter the Play-Offs on a high after a narrow 12-8 over Catalans Dragons at the DW Stadium. The hosts struck first with Willie Isa crossing on 27 minutes with Zak Hardaker converting for a 6-0 lead that lasted into the interval.
Catalans cut the gap to 6-4 on 52 minutes as ex-Warrior Tom Davies touched down before Wigan regained a double score lead with James McDonnell crossing and Hardaker kicking for 12-4. Catalans setup a frantic finish though as Mathieu Laguerre went in for a try which made it 12-8 but the Warriors held on for the win.
Giants Glory Against Centurions
Huddersfield Giants ensured a successful end to the season with a 42-24 win over Leigh Centurions at the John Smith's Stadium. The hosts opened the scoring with a try from Lewis Senior for 4-0 before Leigh replied through Jai Whitbread with Ryan Brierley converting to put the visitors 6-4 ahead. The sides exchanged scores again as Leroy Cudjoe crossed for the hosts with Oliver Russell converting before Iain Thornley went in for Leigh with Brierley converting for 12-10. Hudds turned the balance around before the interval though as Owen Trout crossed and Russell who converted then went in for a converted try of his own to make it 22-12 into half-time.
Giants took control of the game as Senior claimed his second try ahead of a Joe Greenwood effort which saw Russell convert the latter for a huge 32-12 lead. Leigh hit back through Brendan Elliot before Hudds replied with a Will Pryce try (Russell conv) to make it 38-16. Leigh continued to cut the gap as Sam Stone rolled in for 38-20 but Hudds sealed the win with a Ricky Leutele try for 42-20. The final say did go to Leigh though with Elliot scoring his second try for a 42-24 final score.
Resilient Rhinos Nil Warriors
Wigan Warriors' hopes of reaching a second consecutive Grand final ended at the first stage as they lost 8-0 to Leeds Rhinos in the Play-Off Eliminator at the DW Stadium.
A closely fought first half saw the sides remain level into the interval with the deadlock broken on 50 minutes as Ash Handley crossed for the Rhinos with Rhyse Martin converting for 6-0, Martin wrapped up the narrow win six minutes from the end to complete a second consecutive shut-out of the Warriors with an 8-0 win that put them one win away from the Grand Final.
Robins Rout Woeful Wolves
Hull Kingston Rovers defied the odds to move one win away from a first ever Grand Final as they eased to a 19-0 win over Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
A self-converted try from Jordan Abdull saw KR go 6-0 ahead inside 17 minutes before Mikey Lewis crossed and Abdull converted for 12-0 eight minutes after the interval. Abdull added a penalty goal for 14-0 before Jimmy Keinhorst crossed to surely seal a famous win at 18-0 but Abdull added the gloss to the joy with a drop goal to complete the 19-0 win.
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