2022 Super League Round 17 (Catch-Up)

 The catch up continues in Round 17 

Hudds Halted As Tigers Triumph

Castleford Tigers extended their good form with a 26-18 win over Huddersfield Giants at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle. The Tigers roared into a 20-0 lead inside the half hour thanks to a brace from Derrell Olpherts and try from Jake Trueman with Danny Richardson converting the lot and adding a penalty goal. Hudds cut the gap though with Jermaine McGillvary crossing on the wing and Will Pryce converting for 20-6 into the interval.

Ex-Giants winger Jake Mamo crossed for Cas within six minutes of the restart for 24-6 before Richardson added a second penalty goal of the evening to make the lead 26-6. Hudds mounted a late fightback with a Chris McQueen try which Pryce converted before crossing for a score of his own and kicking for 26-18 but the Tigers held on for the victory. 

Saints Stunned By Delighted Dragons

St Helens had a dip in form as they suffered a narrow 20-18 loss to Catalans Dragons at the Stade Gilbert Brutus. The visitors opened the scoring with a try from Sione Mata'utia for a 4-0 lead inside four minutes. The lead was doubled on 15 minutes as Tommy Makinson crossed before Mathieu Laguerre crossed to cut the gap to 8-4 on the half hour. Catalans completed the turnaround with a Josh Drinkwater try and Sam Tomkins conversion in the final minute of the half  to lead 10-8 into the interval.

The lead changed again within four minutes of the restart as Ben Davies crossed for 12-10 before a Samisoni Langi effort saw Tomkins convert for 16-12. Catalans extended their lead to 20-12 with a Dean Whare try but were pegged back by a Jack Welsby effort which Davies converted for 20-18 but the Dragons held on for the win with strong defence in the late stages. 

Rhinos Rout Hapless Hull FC

Leeds Rhinos cruised to a huge 62-16 win over Hull FC at the KCOM Stadium. The visitors raced into a 12-0 lead with Mikolaj Oledzki and Ash Handley both crossing for tries which Rhyse Martin converted. The hosts hit back with a rapid brace as Darnell McIntosh and Danny Houghton crossed a minute apart with McIntosh converting for 12-10. Leeds regained their two score lead into the interval with Handley claiming his second try and Kruise Leeming crossing with Martin kicking for 22-10.

Hull opened the scoring in the second half with a Chris Satae try which Josh Griffin converted for 22-16 but their joy was short lived as Leeds took control with a second score from Leeming and tries from Richie Myler, Liam Sutcliffe and David Fusitu'a with Martin converting the lot for 46-16

Handley completed his hat-trick on 69 minutes before crossing twice more in the final ten minutes for a quintet of tries with Martin improving twice to complete the 62-16 rout. 

Olympique Overcome Robins

Toulouse Olympique boosted their survival hopes with a comfortable 28-6 win over Hull Kingston Rovers at Stade Ernest Wallon. The hosts struck first with Latrell Schmaukel crossing and Chris Hankinson converting for a 6-0 lead that increased to 8-0 with a penalty goal from Hankinson and the two score leas remained into the interval.

Paul Marcon touched down to extend the lead with Hankinson converting before adding a penalty goal a few minutes later and scoring a self-converted try to open up a huge 22-0 lead on the hour mark. The Robins ended the spree with an Albert Vete try and Will Dagger conversion for 22-6 but the final say went to the hosts with Olly Ashall-Bott crossing and Hankinson converting for a sixth success to wrap up the 28-6 victory. 

Trinity Toppled By Warriors

Wigan Warriors extended their goof away form with a 46-22 success over Wakefield Trinity at the Be Well Support Stadium. Wigan raced into an 18-0 lead inside 15 minutes with tries from Kai Pearce-Paul, Liam Marshall and Liam Farrell all converted by Harry Smith. Wakefield responded with a rapid double from Max Jowitt and Jay Pitts with Mason Lino converting twice for 18-12. Wigan went in for two scores for a 28-12 lead at the interval thanks to Bevan French and Abbas Miski with Smith converting just the former.

Miski and French completed try braces within seven minutes of the restart with Smith's kicking success creating a huge 40-12 lead. Trinity cut the gap with two scores just after the hour mark as Kyle Evans (Lino conv) touched down ahead of a second try for Jowitt to make it 40-22 but the final say went Pearce Paul who scored his second try which Smith improved for a 46-22 final score. 

Salford Comeback Stuns Wolves

Salford Red Devils stages a stunning comeback to secure a 32-24 win over Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.The visitors struck first with a try from Rhys Williams before Deon Cross doubled the lead to 8-0 with a 13th minute effort. Warrington cut the deficit to 8-6 as Daryl Clark touched down and Stefan Ratchford converted to make it a two point gap which remained into the interval. 

Warrington completed the turnaround within a minute of the restart as Ratchford crossed and converted for 12-8 before he improved efforts from Gareth Widdop and Josh Thewlis to open up a 24-8 advantage. Salford responded with Chris Atkin crossing and Marc Sneyd converting for 24-14 on 56 minutes and it looked to be their only joy of the second half until three tries in five minutes saw them stun the hosts as Jack Ormondroyd (2) and Ryan Brierley touched down with Sneyd converting the lot to seal the 32-24 win.