The catchup continues with Round 16
St Helens extended their good form with a comfortable 42-12 win over Leeds Rhinos at the Totally Wicked Stadium. The hosts raced into a 12-0 lead as Konrad Hurrell and Alex Walmsley crossed for tries which Tommy Makinson converted. Leeds hit back through Harry Newman's try and Rhyse Martin's conversion but went into the interval two scores behind after Regan Grace crossed for 16-6.
Hurrell claimed his second score within five minutes of the restart before a Bodene Thompson try and Martin conversion cut the gap to 20-12. Saints regained control with scores from Agnatius Paasi, Joe Batchelor and Dan Norman with Makinson converting twice for a huge 36-12 lead. The misery only grew for Leeds late on with Zane Tetevano sent off before Walmsley crossed for his second try and Makinson converted for a 42-12 final score.
Wolves Hold Off Hull FC
Warrington Wolves edged a narrow 4-0 win over Hull FC at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in a close contest. The contest became the first in the 2022 season to not see a try scored with the points coming in the 45th and 65th minutes as Stefan Ratchford converted two penalty goals.
Wigan Warriors continued their perfect home form with a comfortable 40-6 win over Toulouse Olympique at the DW Stadium. A rapid start from the hosts saw Abbas Miski cross for the opening try inside three minutes with Harry Smith converting for 6-0. Liam Farrell extended the lead to 10-0 with a try seven minutes later before Miski completed his hat-trick on the half hour mark, Smith converting for a 22-0 lead. The gap improved to 28-0 at the interval with a Bevan French try which Smith kicked for his fourth success of the half.
Toulouse got off the mark with a Dominique Peyroux try within six minutes of the restart and Chris Hankinson converted for 30-6. However, it proved to be the only joy for the visitors as Wigan wrapped up the comfortable 40-6 win with a Jai Field effort and a fourth of the evening for Miski with Smith converting both to end on six successes.
Super Salford Trounce Trinity
Salford Red Devils stormed to a huge 74-10 victory over Wakefield Trinity at the AJ Bell Stadium. The visitors struck first with James Batchelor crossing inside three minutes and Mason Lino converting for 6-0. Salford replied through Tim Lafai before Deon Cross touched down and with Marc Sneyd converting twice, the hosts led 12-6. The lead jumped to 32-6 at the interval after a 15 minute spree saw Joe Burgess (2), Ken Sio and Ryan Brierley all cross for tries with Sneyd converting just the latter but also adding a penalty goal in the final seconds.
The hosts's control resumed just three minutes after the restart with a rapid double as Brodie Croft and Kallum Watkins both touched down for tries which Sneyd improved for 44-6. Trinity hit back with a Lewis Murphy effort for 44-10 but it was a short lived joy as Sio, Cross and Brierley all completed braces and Sitaleki Akuola crossed with Sneyd converting the lot for a massive 68-10 advantage. The final say came with four minutes remaining as Burgess sealed his hat-trick and Sneyd ended on 11 successes to wrap up the 74-10 rout.
Huddersfield Giants ended June on a high with a 38-10 win over Hull Kingston Rovers at Sewell Group Craven Park. The Robins struck first as Matt Parcell crossed for 4-0 inside three minutes. A brace from Leroy Cudjoe after the half hour saw Will Pryce add a conversion to ensure Hudds led 10-4 into the interval.
Luke Yates extended the Giants' lead within a minute of the restart and Pryce converted for 16-4 before Ricky Leutele crossed for 20-4 on 43 minutes. Cudjoe sealed his hat-trick on 53 minutes with Pryce converting before adding a self converted score Tto increase the lead to 32-4. Jermaine McGillvary crossed to extend the lead further with Pryce adding a fifth success of the afternoon. The final say though went to the hosts as Matty Storton touched down three minutes from the end with Lachlan Coote converting for 38-10.
Tigers Triumph Over Dragons
Castleford Tigers sealed a narrow 17-16 win in Golden Point Extra Time against Catalans Dragons at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle. A close first quarter saw the sides locked level before Cheyse Blair crossed for the opening try on 27 minutes with Danny Richardson converting for 6-0. Catalans levelled with a Michael McIlorum try which saw Sam Tomkins kick for 6-6 but it was to be the hosts who led into the interval thanks to a Ryan Hampshire score making it 10-6.
Tomkins levelled again for the visitors this time with a try on 50 minutes for 10-10 before he improved an Arthur Romano try to put the Dragons ahead for the first time at 16-16. The sides were level yet again on 65 minutes with Derrell Olpherts crossing on the wing and Richardson converting for 16-16. The score remained level until the end of the 80 minutes meaning the winner would be decided by Golden Point Extra Time, both sides attempted drop goals with the crucial kick coming on 90 minutes as Richardson sealed the 17-16 win for the Tigers.
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