Hull FC have leapfrogged Widnes Vikings in the Super League table after beating the Cheshire outfit at the KC Stadium
The hosts took an early lead when Tom Lineham touched down in the corner following Jamie Shaul's clever turn and pass.
Widnes levelled the scores midway through the first half through captain Kevin Brown, but replays suggest that Patrick Ah Van knocked on in the build up to the try.
However, Hull restored their advantage with 11 minutes left of the opening period when Lineham sprinted 80 metres to score.
The pacey winger completed his hat trick within moments of the restart after winning another lengthy foot race to touch down.
Hull wrapped up victory with 13 minutes left after Shaul scored the fourth try of the evening for Lee Radford's men.
Widnes scored a late consolation score when Ah Van touched down in the corner, but Hull were able to hold on for a victory that sees them move above Warrington Wolves in the standings.
Warrington Wolves 80-0 Wakefield
Warrington Wolves have cruised to an emphatic 80-0 win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats this afternoon, ending a run of four straight Super League defeats.
After a quiet start to the match, Gene Ormsby opened the scoring for the hosts, squeezing around Wakefield out wide before diving over in the corner.
Warrington started to dominate before half time, with tries from Toby King, Daryl Clark and Richie Myler leaving the home side with an emphatic 30-0 lead by the interval.
The hosts showed no signs of slowing in the second half as Orsmby and King both added their second tried of the day, while Stefan Ratchford also crossed the line, while kicking a further 20 points from conversions.
Myler completed a hat-trick of tries in the final 10 minutes when Joel Monaghan found him on the right with a pass, leaving Myler to charge down the line.
Ben Currie completed a brace in the final moments, adding Warrington's 14th try of the afternoon, and leaving Ratchford to kick another conversion to bring up the 80-point mark.
Castleford 25-4 Hull KR
Castleford Tigers have moved into fifth place in the Super League standings following a comfortable victory over Hull Kingston Rovers at The Jungle.
KR, who went into the game six points behind leaders Leeds Rhinos, started well with Kevin Sio scoring an early try for the visitors.
Cas hit back on ten minutes with a converted try from Jordan Tansey, after a line-break from Aussie star Ben Roberts.
Tansey then turned provider when his pass which, via a ricochet, fell into the hands of Luke Gale, who crossed over the whitewash to open up a 12-4 lead.
The hosts extended that advantage further before the interval when Nathan Massey touched down.
Gale added a drop goal early in the second half before Cas made sure of victory when Frankie Mariano scored a try 15 minutes from time.
The Tigers now leapfrog KR in the table, while the Humberside outfit drop to sixth.
Sunday
Salford 18-28 Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos moved six points clear at the top of the Super League with a 28-18 win over Salford Red Devils at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Theo Fages nearly broke through on six minutes but the Rhinos held him up just short of the line, before forcing the turnover.
Adrian Morley was the next to threaten a breakthrough, but again the visitors held firm, then took the lead themselves through Jamie Peacock on 22 minutes.
In strong winds Kevin Sinfield held his nerve to stroke the conversion home, but the Red Devils hit back immediately and were level when Fages teed up Lama Tasi to go over under the posts.
Niall Evalds then skipped clear of the Rhinos line to put the home side ahead, before Peacock levelled the game when he latched on to a smart grubber kick and went over.
There was a short hold up in play just before the break as the strong wind dislodged an advertising board and blew it onto the pitch, and from the restart Ash Handley put the Rhinos back into the lead.
The visitors extended their lead five minutes into the second half when Joel Moon's offload sent Rob Burrow over, with Sinfield adding the conversion.
Evalds then dragged his side back into the game when he beat Ashton Golding to a high kick and touched down in the corner.
The fightback was short-lived, however, as Zak Hardaker took the Rhinos' advantage back to eight, with Sinfield's conversion making the difference 10.
Both sides threatened scores in the final period, but with the weather worsening, the Rhinos dug in to close out the win.
Huddersfield 8-11 St Helens
St Helens have overcome the Huddersfield Giants 11-8 in their Super League meeting at the John Smith's stadium.
The hosts started the game brightly, scoring a quick try inside five minutes as Leroy Cudjoe went over in the corner to give the Giants a 4-0 lead.
Despite failing to make the conversion for the try, Danny Brough made it 6-0 by converting a penalty 20 minutes later.
However, Jordan Turner managed to score an equalising try and with the successful conversion, brought the scores level at 6-6 going into the break.
After trading penalties midway through the second half, St Helens scored a drop goal through substitute Luke Walsh and a penalty from Travis Burns, which wrapped up the 11-8 victory for the visitors.
St Helens have overcome the Huddersfield Giants 11-8 in their Super League meeting at the John Smith's stadium.
The hosts started the game brightly, scoring a quick try inside five minutes as Leroy Cudjoe went over in the corner to give the Giants a 4-0 lead.
Despite failing to make the conversion for the try, Danny Brough made it 6-0 by converting a penalty 20 minutes later.
However, Jordan Turner managed to score an equalising try and with the successful conversion, brought the scores level at 6-6 going into the break.
After trading penalties midway through the second half, St Helens scored a drop goal through substitute Luke Walsh and a penalty from Travis Burns, which wrapped up the 11-8 victory for the visitors.
Wigan Warriors 34-0 Catalans Dragons
Dom Manfredi scored a hat-trick in Wigan Warriors's demolition of the Catalans Dragons, as the hosts ran away 34-0 winners at the DW Stadium.
Eight Wigan tries proved to be too much for the Dragons, with four being scored in each half.
Joe Burgess started the rout 15 minutes into the first half, as his burst of pace took him over to make it 4-0.
Tries from Dan Sarginson and Manfredi 15 minutes later gave the home side sizeable first-half lead.
Anthony Gelling touched over on the stroke of half time to make it 16-0, which appeared to be completely deflating for the Dragons players.
The Warriors refused to hold back as Ryan Hampshire scored and then successfully converted his own try in the 56th minute.
Manfredi grabbed his second try minutes later, as Hampshire's kick to the corner was latched on to by the winger to make it 26-0.
Wigan completed the thrashing as scores from Burgess and the hat-trick try from Manfredi rounded off a 34-0 win for the Warriors.
Dom Manfredi scored a hat-trick in Wigan Warriors's demolition of the Catalans Dragons, as the hosts ran away 34-0 winners at the DW Stadium.
Eight Wigan tries proved to be too much for the Dragons, with four being scored in each half.
Joe Burgess started the rout 15 minutes into the first half, as his burst of pace took him over to make it 4-0.
Tries from Dan Sarginson and Manfredi 15 minutes later gave the home side sizeable first-half lead.
Anthony Gelling touched over on the stroke of half time to make it 16-0, which appeared to be completely deflating for the Dragons players.
The Warriors refused to hold back as Ryan Hampshire scored and then successfully converted his own try in the 56th minute.
Manfredi grabbed his second try minutes later, as Hampshire's kick to the corner was latched on to by the winger to make it 26-0.
Wigan completed the thrashing as scores from Burgess and the hat-trick try from Manfredi rounded off a 34-0 win for the Warriors.
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