The round opened on Thursday night as Wigan Warriors secured a 33-22 win over Castleford Tigers at the DW Stadium. The Tigers opened the scoring with Gareth O'Brien penalty for a 2-0 lead before being pegged back by tries from Liam Farrell and Zak Hardaker with Hardaker converting once for 10-2. Castleford cut the gap with a Greg Eden try and suffered a blow just before the interval as Mahe Fonua was sinbinned with the score at 10-6.
Wigan utilised the man advantage to good effect with Ethan Havard and Jai Field both crossing for tries which Hardaker converted to increase the lead to 22-6. Farrell (Hardaker conv) crossed for his second score of the evening for 28-6 before a fightback from the Tigers saw George Griffin, Jake Trueman and Jake Mamo all cross with O'Brien converting twice to cut the gap to 28-22.Wigan wrapped up the victory as Hardaker added a penalty after Brad Martin was sent off before kicking again late on to complete the 32-22 win.
Agar Out After Salford Stun Leeds
Friday night saw Salford Red Devils return to winning ways with a 26-12 win over Leeds Rhinos as the AJ Bell Stadium which at the time of writing has since seen Rhinos head coach Richard Agar depart. Leeds started the brighter as Mikolaj Oledzki crossed for a try which Rhyse Martin converted for a 6-0 lead before Ken Sio crossed for the hosts with Marc Sneyd levelling with the boot at 6-6. Leeds regained the lead with an Ash Handley try for 10-6 before Sneyd cut the gap with a penalty goal for 10-8 into the interval.
The gap became four points after the hour mark as Martin swept over a penalty for 12-8 but it proved to be the last joy of the evening for the Rhinos as Chris Atkin and Elijah Taylor touched down with Sneyd converting twice before crossing and converting himself late on to wrap up a 26-12 victory.
Catalans Dragons continued their good form with an 18-10 success over Hull Kingston Rovers at Stade Gilbert Brutus. The Dragons struck first as Sam Tomkins swept over a penalty goal for 2-0 before converting a Fouad Yaha try for 8-0 inside 15 minutes. The Robins replied with a Ryan Hall try for 8-4 before a Tomkins penalty made it 10-4. The sides went into the interval level at 10-10 after Shaun Kenny-Dowall crossed and Jordan Abdull converted.
Joe Chan crossed on 64 minutes to regain the lead for the hosts and Tomkins converted before wrapping up the win with a third penalty goal of the evening ten minutes from the end for 18-10.
Trinity Topple Wolves
Ahead of a meeting in the Challenge Cup this weekend, Wakefield Trinity sealed a 38-22 win over Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday afternoon. A perfect start for the hosts saw Matty Ashton cross and Stefan Ratchford convert for 6-0 before Liam Hood touched down with Mason Lino kicking to level at 6-6. The sides exchanged scores twice more in the first half with Toby King (Ratchford conv) and Jordan Crowther (Lino conv) crossing for 12-12 before Corey Hall (Lino conv) put Trinity ahead at 18-12 with Danny Walker (Ratchford conv) making it 18-18 into the interval.
Another exchange either side of the hour mark saw Wakefield lead 24-22 after Matt Ashurst went over with Lino converting and Josh Thewlis scored to cut the gap for the hosts but Gareth Widdop's conversion attempt cannoned back off the post, Wakefield confirmed the win with Lino and Morgan Escare scoring tries with Lino converting both and adding a penalty goal for a 38-22 final score.
Toulouse Olympique XIII ended their search for a first win of the season by ending St Helens' perfect start with a 22-20 win at Stade Ernest Wallon. The hosts struck first with a Matty Russell effort which Chris Hankinson converted for 6-0 before being pegged back by tries from Tommy Makinson and Josh Simm for 8-6. Toulouse regained the lead with a try from ex-Saints forward Dom Peyroux with Hankinson kicking for 12-8 but it was Saints who led at the interval as Jack Welsby crossed and Lewis Dodd converted for 14-12 into the break.
Saints opened up a two score lead before the hour mark as Dan Norman went in with Dodd kicking for 20-12 but it was to be the last joy for Saints as the hosts cut the gap to 20-18 with a self-converted effort from Hankinson before Paul Marcon crossed late on to seal the historic 22-20 win.
Hull FC Halt Hudds Hopes
The round ended on Sunday afternoon as Hull FC claimed a 14-6 win over Huddersfield Giants at the MKM Stadium. FC opened the scoring with a try from Miteli Vulikijapani on 13 minutes which Ben McNamara converted for a 6-0 lead which lasted into the interval.
McNamara extended the lead with a penalty goal on 48 minutes which made it 8-0 and FC were in control by the hour mark as Andre Savelio went over with McNamara keeping up the perfect record with the boot for 14-0 and Hudds afternoon went from bad to worse on 65 minutes with the dismissal of Will Pryce after a dangerous throw but they did have the final say on the scoreline though as Chris McQueen crossed to avoid the nilling and Tui Lolohea converted for a 14-6 final score.
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