Thursday, 3 March 2022

2022 Super League Round Three

The action continued as Super League reached Round three with all games played across Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


Farrell Brace Seals Warriors Win Over Giants

The round opened on Thursday night with my attendance at the DW Stadium as Wigan Warriors secured a 22-12 win over Huddersfield Giants. A rapid start from Wigan saw Liam Farrell cross for an eighth minute try which Zak Hardaker converted for 6-0. Hudds hit back quickly as Chris McQueen crossed and Will Pryce levelled at 6-6 with the boot. Farrell crossed for his second of the evening for 10-6 before Jake Bibby touched and Hardaker converted for a 16-6 lead into the interval. 

Hudds cut the gap to 16-12 within eight minutes of the restart as Tui Lolohea crossed and Pryce improved the score but the final say on the result went to Wigan as John Bateman went in for a try which Hardaker converted for a 22-12 lead which was the final score line. 


Rhinos Rue As Catalans Celebrate


Thursday's televised action saw a close battle at Headingley as Catalans Dragons edged a 10-4 win over Leeds Rhinos. Leeds opened the scoring with a Blake Austin try on 24 minutes for 4-0 before the Dragons levelled through Fouad Yaha for 4-4 into the interval. 

Catalans went ahead with 50 minutes on the clock as Joe Chan crossed for a try which Josh Drinkwater converted for a 10-6 lead which lasted until the end to continue Leeds' losing run. 

Rising Robins Topple Tigers


Friday's televised action saw Hull Kingston Rovers register their first win of the season with a 26-10 victory over Castleford Tigers at Sewell Group Craven Park. The hosts struck first with Shaun Kenny-Dowall crossing for 4-0 before Cas hit back through Jordan Turner (Gareth O'Brien conv) to lead 6-4. KR led at the interval though thanks to a late score from Sam Wood to make it 8-6. 

Wood crossed for a second time on 51 minutes with Jordan Abdull converting for a 14-6 lead that became 26-6 due to scores from Matt Parcell and Brad Takairangi which Abdull improved. The final say of the evening went to the Tigers though with Bureta Faraimo touching down for 26-10. 

Trinity Trumped By Saints Success


St Helens extended their unbeaten start with a 20-4 win against Wakefield Trinity at the Totally Wicked Stadium. Saints opened the scoring on 15 minutes with a Mark Percival try which was followed up by James Roby crossing and Tommy Makinson converting for 10-0. Percival crossed for his second score of the evening on 32 minutes with Makinson kicking for a 16-0 lead which was cut to 16-4 at the interval by Tom Johnstone's try. 

The second half proved to to be a closer affair than the first though with just one change to the score line as Josh Simm crossed for the only points on the hour mark to wrap up the 20-4 victory. 

Fabulous FC Stun Salford 


Hull FC returned to winning ways with a comfortable 48-16 success over Salford Red Devils at the MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The hosts raced into a 20-0 lead inside the half-hour with tries from Darnell McIntosh, Joe Lovadua and a brace from Cam Scott and two conversions from Jake Connor. Salford got off the mark before the break as Tim Lafai crossed and ex-FC half Marc Sneyd converted for 20-6 into the interval.

Connor went in for a try of his own before a brace from Jordan Lane and Josh Renyolds effort saw McIntosh convert the lot for a huge 42-6 advantage. Salford stemmed the FC spree with a Ken Sio try for 42-10 before Tevita Satae (McIntosh conv) crossed for 48-10. The final say went to the visitors as Lafai scored his second try of the afternoon 
with Sneyd converting for a 48-16 final score. 


Wolves Win Against Tricky Toulouse

Toulouse Olympique XIII's mixed start to the season continued with a battling 32-16 loss to Warrington Wolves at Stade Ernest Wallon. The Wolves struck first with Toby King crossing inside six minutes for a 4-0 lead that as soon cut to 4-2 by Chris Hankinson's penalty goal. Warrington restored the two score lead with tries from Josh Charnley and a second from King coupled with conversions from Stefan Ratchford for 16-2 which lasted into the interval.

George Williams crossed within eight minutes of the restart with Ratchford converting for 22-2 before Toulouse cut the gap as Oli Ashall-Bott went in for a try which Hankinson converted for 22-8. Charnley scored his second try ahead of a Daryl Clark effort which Ratchford improved for 32-8. The hosts mounted a mini fightback in the final eight minutes though as Romain Navarette (Hankinson conv) and Maxime Stefani both touched down to make it a closer loss at 32-18.

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