The up and down season continued as another of the unbeaten sides lost their perfect record while those without a win continued their wait in Round Five.
Hull FC Humble Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos' mixed season continued with a 31-8 defeat to Hull FC at Headingley Stadium on Thursday night. A scoreless first quarter burst into action with a try from Jake Connor and Ben McNamara conversion for 6-0 before McNamara improved an effort from Adam Swift for 12-0. The visitors would go into the interval with an 18-0 lead as Connor crossed for a second time with McNamara converting.
The control continued within six minutes of the restart with Andre Savelio crossing for 22-0 and just before the hour mark, McNamara added a penalty goal for 24-0. FC wrapped up the victory with a Joe Lovodua try (McNamara conv) before Connor swept over a drop goal for 31-0. Leeds avoided a nilling with a mini fightback late on as Tom Briscoe and Liam Sutcliffe both touched down for a 31-0 final score.
Trinity Triumph Against Toulouse
Toulouse Olympique XIII's wait for a win continued as they lost out 18-6 to Wakefield Trinity at the Be Well Support Stadium on Friday night. The hosts struck first with Liam Hood crossing and Brad Walker converting for a 6-0 lead that was rapidly cut by a try from Guy Armitage for 6-4. Chris Hankinson levelled at 6-6 with a penalty goal on 24 minutes before Walker swept a penalty goal over for the hosts just before the half-time break to ensure an 8-6 lead into the interval.
Wakefield extended the lead with a Kelepi Tanginoa effort within three minutes of the restart with Walker converting for 14-6 and the final say on the score-line came seven minutes from the end as Corey Hall crossed to wrap up the 18-6 win for Trinity.
Robins Rally At Struggling Salford
Hull Kingston Rovers boosted their start with a 26-16 win over Salford Red Devils at the AJ Bell Stadium. The visitors raced into an 18-0 first half advantage as Elliot Minchella, Matt Storton and Mikey Lewis all crossed for tries which Jordan Abdull successfully converted.
Salford cut the gap within three minutes of the restart as Ken Sio crossed and Marc Sneyd converted for 18-6 before improving efforts from Shane Wright and Joe Burgess to cut the gap to a mere two points at 18-6. However, the hosts' comeback halted there with Lewis claiming his second try which Abdull converted before adding a penalty goal to wrap up the 26-16 win.
Saints Stroll Past Woeful Wolves
St Helens maintained their perfect start with a 28-2 victory over Warrington Wolves at the Totally Wicked Stadium. The Wolves opened the scoring with a 15th minute penalty from Stefan Ratchford for 2-0 before Tommy Makinson levelled with a penalty for 2-2 before he converted a Jack Welsby try for 8-2. Makinson went over for a try of his own to ensure the hosts led 12-2 into the interval.
Makinson crossed for his second try of the evening just before the hour mark with Mark Percival crossing and Lewis Dodd taking over the converting to make it 22-2 before Jonny Lomax went over late on with Dodd kicking to complete the 28-2 win.
Huddersfield Giants moved up to third spot after a 36-24 success over Castleford Tigers at the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Giants struck first with Owen Trout crossing and Will Pryce converting for a 6-0 lead that rose to 18-0 into the interval as Luke Yates and Jermaine McGillvary crossed for scores with Pryce converting twice.
The Tigers wasted no time after the restart in mounting a comeback as Jake Trueman, Mahe Fonua and Greg Eden all crossed for tries which Gareth O'Brien converted to level at 18-18.Trueman crossed for his second score after the hour mark with O'Brien kicking the Tigers into a 24-18 lead. The focus then became Ricky Leutele as he touched down three times in the space of 15 minutes with Pryce improving the trio of tries to secure the 36-24 win.
Dragons Delight In Nilling Warriors
Catalans Dragons celebrated ending Wigan Warriors' perfect start in a 28-0 drubbing at the Stade Gilbert Brutus on Saturday evening. The Dragons struck their opener on 18 minutes as Mitchell Pearce crossed and Sam Tomkins converted for 6-0 before adding two penalty goals for a 10-0 lead. The advantage became 16-0 into the interval though as Mickael Goudemand crossed for a try that Tomkins improved.
Pearce crossed for his second score on 47 minutes with Tomkins kicking for 22-0 before the win was wrapped up by Samisoni Langi's try and Tomkins conversion for 28-0 which proved to b the final score but not the final action as Jordan Dezaria and Kaide Ellis were both dismissed late on after a fracas.
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