St Helens have continued their 100% start to the defence of their Super League crown with a convincing 52-6 victory over Salford Red Devils this evening.
The visitors ran in 10 tries overall, with Mark Percival, Joe Greenwood and Jordan Turner each grabbing braces in the resounding win.
It was hosting Salford that had the better of the opening exchanges, but Saints were the first to register on the scoreboard as Adam Swift broke through before Percival went over on the 10-minute mark.
Salford came up with a response shortly before the half-hour mark, but Ben Jones-Bishop's solo effort was to prove a false dawn for hopes of a comeback against the reigning champions.
Indeed, the Saints had restored their 14-point advantage before half time as Luke Thompson powered over the line, while Tom Makinson picked up where they left off at the start of the second half with an early score to make it 24-6.
Salford thought that they had touched down for their second try of the evening only to be denied by the video ref, who awarded Percival a try just minutes later following a comedy of errors from Jon Wilkin's kick.
Wilkin was again involved as he sent Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook in for his side's seventh try of the evening, and things got even tougher for the hosts just a minute later as Gareth Hock was sent to the sin bin.
The Saints didn't take long to make the most of their numerical advantage, with Greenwood and Turner both going over for their second of the match during Hock's time off the field.
Andre Savelio took his side over the 50-point mark late on with their 10th try of the match following Percival's kick, capping off a commanding performance from St Helens and leaving Salford still winless in the new season.
Hull FC 6-7 Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves have scraped to a narrow 7-6 win away at Hull FC in the Super League.
Warrington scored their only try in the 26th minute when hooker Darryl Clark collected an offload to score under the posts, before they extended their lead late in the half when Gareth O'Brien kicked a clever drop goal to give them a seven point lead at the break.
Hull got themselves back into the match in the second half as winger Tom Lineham latched on to the end of a Marc Sneyd kick to cross the line in the corner.
However, their late pressure didn't pay off as Warrington secured a one-point win.
Leeds Rhinos 38-6 Widnes Vikings
Leeds Rhinos continued their good start to the new Super League season, as they beat Widnes Vikings 38-6 tonight.
Leeds scored the opening try after 16 minutes, when Tom Briscoe broke forward and set up Zak Hardaker to score, before Widnes hit back immediately through Manase Manuokafoa.
After half-time Leeds ran riot as Ryan Hall put them ahead by scoring a try in the corner, Adam Cuthbertson stretched over just ten minutes after.
Briscoe sparked a flurry of tries for Leeds late on, as he dashed 60 metres to score his side's fourth, before Danny McGuire, Kallum Watkins and Kevin Sinfield also scored.
Leeds scored the opening try after 16 minutes, when Tom Briscoe broke forward and set up Zak Hardaker to score, before Widnes hit back immediately through Manase Manuokafoa.
After half-time Leeds ran riot as Ryan Hall put them ahead by scoring a try in the corner, Adam Cuthbertson stretched over just ten minutes after.
Briscoe sparked a flurry of tries for Leeds late on, as he dashed 60 metres to score his side's fourth, before Danny McGuire, Kallum Watkins and Kevin Sinfield also scored.
Wigan Warriors 24-16 Huddersfield
Wigan Warriors staged a late comeback to beat Huddersfield Giants 24-16 in the Super League tonight.
The visitors took an early lead when Anthony Mullally scored a try after just seven minutes, but Wigan hit back quickly through Joel Tompkins.
John Bateman put Wigan ahead shortly after, but Jamie Ellis regained the lead for the Giants just two minutes later, before Aaron Murphy latched onto a grubber kick to score Huddersfield's third try shortly before half time.
However, Wigan rallied in the second half and Tompkins scored his second try in the 51st minute to get the gap down to just two points.
Huddersfield failed to hold on to their slender lead, as Michael McIlorum put Wigan ahead in the 69th minute, and the tie was finished by 19-year-old Ryan Sutton four minutes later.
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