Thursday, 24 February 2022

2022 Super League Round Two

 After the long awaited opening round saw some surprises, Super League continued with Round Two.


Winning Wolves Topple Tigers


Warrington Wolves made it two wins in a row with a 34-10 win over Castleford Tigers at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on Thursday evening. The Wolves raced out of the blocks with an early opening try from Matt Ashton with Stefan Ratchford converting for 6-0 before improving a George Williams effort for 12-0 and the lead remained into the interval. 

Cas hit back within four minutes of the restart as Derrell Olpherts crossed for 12-4 with Josh Charnley touching down for 16-4. Rob Mulhern extended the lead for the hosts with a try which Ratchford converted for 22-4 before ex-Tigers back Peter Mata'utia (Ratchford conv) went over for 28-4. Cas cut the gap through Jake Trueman with Gareth O'Brien to make it 28-10 but the hosts had the final say as Charnley scored his second of the evening with Ratchford kicking to round off the 34-10 victory. 

Tri-Field As Warriors Rout Rhinos


Wigan Warriors also remain unbeaten as they eased to a 34-12 win over Leeds Rhinos at the DW Stadium on Friday night. Leeds struck first with Blake Austin crossing inside 11 minutes and Aidan Sezer converting for 6-0. Wigan responded with a self-converted brace from Jai Field in the 24th and 39th minutes to sent the Warriors into the interval with a 12-6 lead.

The hosts raced clear with a brace from Sam Powell sandwiching a superb hat-trick try for Field with Zak Hardaker converting twice for 28-6. Leeds cut the gap to 28-12 with a Matt Prior effort which Sezer improved but Wigan rounded off the win with a Liam Farrell try which Hardaker converted to complete the 34-12 success. 


Super Saints Humble Hull FC


Saturday's Channel 4 coverage featured St Helens strolling to a 38-6 win over Hull FC at the MKM Stadium in torrid conditions. Saints opened the scoring inside ten minutes through Mark Percival with Tommy Makinson converting for 6-0 before adding a penalty for 8-0. Josh Simm extended the lead with a try which Makinson converted for 14-0 before Hull suffered a further blow with the dismissal of Luke Gale on the half hour mark. St Helens wrapped up a first half nilling with Simm crossing for his brace and Makinson kicking for 20-0 into the interval. 

Saints continued their control after the restart as Jack Welsby crossed and Makinson converted for 26-0 before FC finally got off the mark with Josh Griffin touching down and Darnell McIntosh converting for 26-6. St Helens confirmed the win with two scores after the hour as Sione Mata'utia and Lewis Dodd went in with Makinson racking up seven conversions in the 38-6 win. 

Dragons Edge Past Tricky Trinity


Catalans Dragons bounced back from an opening loss with a narrow 24-22 win against Wakefield Trinity at Stade Gilbert Brutus on Saturday night. The Dragons raced into a 10-0 lead as Mathieu Laguerre and Fouad Yaha both crossed for tries with Sam Tomkins converting the latter. Wakefield replied through Tom Johnstone for 10-4 before a Samisoni Langi score  (Tomkins conv) and self converted try by Max Jowitt for Trinity made it 16-10 into the interval. 

Catalans restored a two score advantage within five minutes of the restart with Ben Garcia crossing and Tomkins converting for 22-10 before kicking a penalty on the hour mark for 24-10.Wakefield did mount a late charge as Johnstone crossed for his second try ahead of an effort from Tom Lineham with Jowitt converting twice for a 24-22 final score. 



Giants Glory Against Robins

Huddersfield Giants extended their unbeaten start with a 26-12 win over Hull Kingston Rovers at the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday. The Giants struck an opener on 10 minutes through Chris McQueen ahead of efforts from Luke Yates and Josh Jones which saw Oliver Russell convert twice for 16-0 into the interval. 

The hots resumed control within seven minutes of the restart as Jermaine McGilvary touched down for 20-0. The Robins finally got off the mark on 58 minutes after Brad Takairangi crossed and Jordan Abdull converted for 20-6 before he improved a Mikey Lewis try for 20-12. Hudds had the final say as McQueen went in for his second try which Tui Lolohea converted to round off the 26-12 win.


Sio Seals Salford Success Against Toulouse


The round ended on Sunday afternoon at the AJ Bell Stadium as Salford Red Devils claimed a 38-12 victory over Toulouse Olympique XIII. The hosts raced into a 20-0 lead with a Ken Sio brace and tries from Ryan Brierley and s self-converted effort from Marc Sneyd who also converted twice. Toulouse got off the mark just before the interval with a self-converted score from Chris Hankinson to make it 20-6 at the break. 

The visitors secured back-to-back scores as within five minutes of the restart, Joseph Paulo went in and Hankisnon converted for 20-12 but any hopes of a comeback were scuppered by Tim Lafai crossing ahead of two more from Sio who completed a quartet for the afternoon with Sneyd adding three conversions for a 38-12 final score. 

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