WRAP: 2024 Betfred Super League Round 10

All the results and scorers from the tenth round, with match summaries thanks to Rob McHugh and competition data thanks to Rugby League Project!

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Wigan Warriors 30 Catalans Dragons 8
Venue: DW Stadium, Wigan

Date: Thu, 2nd May.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Catalans 8-6.   Penalties: 7-all.   Referee: Jack Smith.   Crowd: 14,481.

Wigan: Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Thompson, O'Neill, Byrne, Nsemba, Farrell (C), Ellis. Int: Havard, Mago, Leeming, Dupree.
Catalans: Mourgue, Yaha, Laguerre, Romano, Johnstone; Nikorima, Abdull; Bousquet, Da Costa, Navarrete, Sims, McMeeken, Garcia (C). Int: Séguier, Sironen, Rougé, Satae.

Wigan Warriors (30)
Tries: Liam Farrell, Luke Thompson, Abbas Miski, Harry Smith, Adam Keighran
Goals: Harry Smith 5/5

Catalans Dragons (8)
Tries: Julian Bousquet
Goals: Arthur Mourgue 2/2

Round 10 in Super League got underway with a repeat of last season's Grand Final, as Wigan Warriors hosted the Catalans Dragons. The result ended the same way, as Wigan ran out comfortable winners.

However, at half time, not many would have predicted the final margin of victory, as a tight game played out. The opening 18 minutes passed without a score, until Arthur Mourgue opened the scoring with a penalty for Les Dracs, after Wigan were caught offside in front of the posts. 

Julian Bousquet than quickly added the game's first try, crossing in the 21st minute. Bousquet collected a short pass from Alrix Da Costa to score from close range, with Mourgue on target again to give the side from Perpignan an 8-0 lead. 

However, Wigan soon hit back through forward, Luke Thompson. Thompson took on a short pass 15 metres from the line and burst through a gap, sliding the last few meters over the line to score, after a desperate attempt to bring him down. Harry Smith added the conversion to close the gap to two points at half time. 

The Cherry and Whites came out red hot after half time and took an early lead in the second half, thanks to a brilliant piece of invention from Harry Smith. Smith received the ball 20 metres from the Catalans line. Noticing full-back Mourgue out of position, Smith chipped over the top and collected his own kick to give Wigan the lead for the first time. He added a simple conversion to make the score 12-8.

Adam Keighran scored Wigan's next try, but the brilliance came in the build-up. First, Harry Smith found Jai Field, who stepped the on-rushing Catalans defender. This bought him the space to find Jai Field. Field then sent a looping pass, which cut out three defenders, to Keighran who scored in the right corner. Smith made no mistake with the conversion, adding his third of five conversions on the night. 

Wigan's fourth try of the night was a historic one for Liam Farrell, who touched down for his 150th career try. Wigan worked the ball from right to left, before centre, Jake Wardle, passed back inside for Farrell to touch down. Abbas Miski rounded off the scoring for Wigan, but the try was created by another brilliant piece of vision led to a kick and chase. Bevan French had the ball deep in Wigan territory, but noticed Mourgue was again out of position. His kick downfield was picked up by Field, but he was brought down by Cesar Rouge 20 metres from the line. However, no other Catalans defenders had matched field for pace, so when he played the ball to Abbas Miski, the winger was able to run in unopposed.

Smith maintained his 100% record from the kicking tee to round off the scoring, and Wigan moved joint top of the Super League table, with a game in hand on the competition.

Huddersfield Giants 16 Salford Red Devils 18
Venue: John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield

Date: Fri, 3rd May.   Kickoff: 7:45 PM.   Halftime: Salford 12-0.   Penalties: Huddersfield 10-5.   Referee: Tom Grant.   Crowd: 4,843.

Huddersfield: Connor, Swift, Marsters, Naiqama, Wallis; Lolohea, Clune; Wilson, Milner, Greenwood, Rushton, Halsall, Yates (C). Int: Golding, Ikahihifo, Bibby, Salabio.
Salford: Brierley, Ryan, Macdonald, Lafai, Cross; Atkin, Sneyd; Singleton, Mellor, Ormondroyd, Stone, Watkins (C), Partington. Int: Cust, Wright, Shorrocks, Dudson.

Huddersfield Giants (16)
Tries: Adam Swift, Tui Lolohea, Jack Bibby
Goals: Jake Connor 2/3

Salford Red Devils (18)
Tries: Nene Macdonald 2, Ethan Ryan
Goals: Marc Sneyd 3/3

Salford Red Devils secured a vital win against fellow play-off contenders Huddersfield Giants. The Giants, who recently staged a thrilling comeback against Leeds Rhinos, threatened to repeat the trick. Salford raced into a lead, but three late tries from the Giants threatened to snatch victory in an ill-tempered game. Huddersfield will rue a missed conversion from Jake Connor, which would have levelled the game.

Nene Macdonald opened the scoring with a brilliant interception try in the eighth minute. With Huddersfield on the attack, Macdonald read Tui Lolohea's pass to perfection, stepping out of the defensive line, and intercepting the ball. Macdonald ran 70 metres unopposed to score the first try of the night. Marc Sneyd, who recently signed a new contract with the Red Devils, converted the try to give Salford a 6-0 lead

Macdonald then played a huge part in Salford's second try, continuing his dazzling form. Kallum Watkins offloaded to Macdonald just inside Salford's half, before Macdonald broke through the line into open space. He unselfishly passed inside to Ethan Ryan, who ran in unopposed to score Salford's second of the night. Sneyd was again on target with the conversion to open up a 12-point lead after 20 minutes, with no further score before half time. However, Salford were reduced to 12 men after Ryan Brierley received a yellow card for a high short on Kevin Naiqama just before the interval.

Salford appeared to be running away with the game when they added the first score of the second half. Macdonald came into centre field from his centre to play the ball at dummy half, as Salford put pressure on the Giants line. Reacting quickest to a gap in defence, Macdonald dived over from close range to increase Salford's lead. Sneyd kicked his third of the night to make the score 18-0 after 49 minutes.

Things appeared to be going from bad to worse for Huddersfield shortly after In the 60th minute, Elliot Wallis received a red card for a headbutt on Tim Lafai. However, Salford went down to 12 men for a second time in the match, after Chris Atkin was adjudged to have tackled a Huddersfield player off the ball and received a yellow card. This sparked the Giants into life, as they threatened to pull off a remarkable comeback.

Adam Swift scored their first try, his 10th try in 10 consecutive games, after Huddersfield worked the ball out to their left wing. However, Connor crucially missed the kick from the touchline. Tui Lolohea then produced a piece of magic in the 75th minute set up a grandstand finish. He chipped over the top of the advancing Salford line and collected his own kick to score near the posts. Connor was successful this time to make the score 18-10 with 5 minutes remaining.

When Jake Bibby then dived into the corner in the 79th minute, it seemed like the Giants may pull off the impossible. Jake Connor added the extras to close the gap to two points with just seconds to play. However, they were unable to find the final score they required, and Salford held on for a crucial victory to hold onto their place in the top six. Huddersfield now sit four points from sixth place, down in eighth spot. 

Leeds Rhinos 46 London Broncos 8
Venue: AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds

Date: Fri, 3rd May.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Leeds 22-4.   Penalties: 2-all.   Referee: Aaron Moore.   Crowd: 13,259.

Leeds: Miller, Handley, Roberts, Martin, Lumb; Croft, Sinfield; Sangaré, O'Connor, Oledzki, McDonnell, Goudemand, Smith (C). Int: Lisone, Ruan, Edgell, Ackers.
London: Walker, Kershaw, Storey, Bassett, Miloudi; Leyland, Tison; Kennedy, Davis, Adebiyi, Lovell (C), Jones, Stock. Int: Makin, Meadows, Butler, Natoli.

Leeds Rhinos (46)
Tries: Ash Handley, Sam Lisone, Brodie Croft, Justin Sangaré, Mickaël Goudemand, Luis Roberts, James McDonnell, Jack Sinfield
Goals: Rhyse Martin 7/8

London Broncos (8)
Tries: Ethan Natoli, Robbie Storey

Leeds Rhinos made a statement, after last week's disjointed win over Hull FC, beating bottom side, London Broncos, 46-8 at Headingley. Leeds coach, Rohan Smith, made a statement with his selection, dropping off season recruit, Matt Frawley, in favour of rookie, Jack Sinfield. 19-year-old Sinfield, son of Leeds legend Kevin Sinfield, repaid Smith's faith by winning man of the match for his performance.

Brodie Croft opened the scoring for Leeds, bursting through the middle of the London defence 30 metres out and racing over to score. Rhyse Martin added the extras to give Leeds an early lead. The Rhinos were soon further ahead, thanks to some brilliance from full back, Lachie Miller. 

Miller fielded a Broncos kick 5 metres from his own line, but broke up field, leaving several London defenders for dead. Once in the London half, he rounded covering defender, Rhys Kennedy, with ease to leave the try line begging. Miller unselfishly passed inside to Ash Handley, who was arriving at pace, 30 metres from the line.  Handley will never score an easier try as he went in unopposed under the sticks, with Martin adding a simple conversion.

The Broncos, who lost 40-0 against Castleford last week, did manage to get on the scoresheet this week. After a Leeds error handed them the initiative, they forced several repeat sets in the Leeds half. Ethan Natoli eventually took advantage of a weak attempted tackle from Brodie Croft to crash over to score. Croft was injured in the process, perhaps contributing to the missed tackle, and did not return for Leeds. Ollie Leyland missed the conversion to make the score 12-4 after 27 minutes.

Leeds quickly re-established their dominance, however, and grabbed two more quick tries before half time. First, second rower, James McDonnell, picked up a short kick to the right-hand corner from Andy Ackers to stretch Leeds' into a 12-point lead. Then Luis Roberts touched down in the same corner, after a quick passing move through several pairs of hands exploited the narrow London defence. Martin kicked the second of the two conversions to give Leeds a comfortable 22-4 lead at half time. 

The Rhinos needed just two minutes to open the scoring at the beginning of the second half. A sharp pass from Sinfield found Miller, who again unselfishly passed inside, eschewing an opportunity to score, instead setting up forward Mikael Goudemand for his first Rhinos' try.

Sinfield then bagged a try of his own. Andy Ackers broke the London line from dummy half, and with just the full-back to beat, passed inside for Sinfield to run in 20 metres unopposed to score under the posts. Martin added both conversions to extend the lead to 30 points. London did score a second try shortly after, thanks to a brilliant offload from Alex Walker. After Handley failed to deal with a high kick, London got the ball back and worked it to Walker, in the right centre position. With two Leeds defenders around him, he somehow managed to free an arm to offload, backhanded, to Robbie Storey who touched down in the corner. Leyland missed his second conversion of the night.

Leeds rounded off the night's scoring with two tries from unlikely sources. The first came through crowd-favourite, Sam Lisone. Leeds captain, Cameron Smith, found Lisone with a short pass and he went over from close range. His front-row partner, Sam Lisone, scored Leeds' final try of the night. Sangare took in a brilliant offload from Andy Ackers, shone in Croft's absence, to score the simplest of tries. Martin successfully converted both to make the final score 46-8.

Remarkably, in the face of severe criticism, the Rhinos now find themselves just two points off the leading group in Super League. The weekend's results mean the top six are all level on 14 points, with Leeds just behind in seventh, on 10 points. However, the Rhinos now face back-to-back away trips to Catalans and St Helens which could define their season. London remain bottom of the pile, winless from their opening 10 and conceding, on average, just over 39 points a game.

Warrington Wolves 24 Hull FC 6
Venue: Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Date: Fri, 3rd May.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Warrington 12-0.   Penalties: Warrington 4-2.   Referee: Liam Moore.   Crowd: 8,680.

Warrington: Dufty, Thewlis, King, Tai, Lindop; Williams (C), Drinkwater; Philbin, Walker, Vaughan, Nicholson, Fitzgibbon, Currie. Int: Musgrove, Holroyd, Powell, Wood.
Hull FC: Walker, Briscoe, Chamberlain, Sutcliffe, Martin; Smith, Charles; Ese'ese, Houghton (C), Sao, Lane, Scott, Cator. Int: Trueman, Pele, Brown, Aydin.

Warrington Wolves (24)
Tries: Josh Thewlis 3, George Williams
Goals: Josh Thewlis 4/4

Hull FC (6)
Tries: Tom Briscoe
Goals: Jack Charles 1/1

Josh Thewlis scored 20 points for Warrington Wolves in their comfortable win over Hull FC. However, the game was overshadowed by a post-game altercation between Warrington head coach, Sam Burgess, and Hull Director of Rugby, Richie Myler.

A mix up with the team sheets saw Warrington lose an interchange, and Hull FC decline the Wolves' request to change Connor Wrench's name to Adam Holroyd without penalty. This led to an exchange of words post-match, and Burgess being caught on camera bumping shoulders with Myler in the tunnel. 

Former half-back, Myler, is significantly smaller than Burgess, and that discrepancy was also reflected on the field, with Warrington among Super League's front runners, whilst Hull FC have won just once this season. Warrington needed less than 10 minutes to open the scoring through Thewlis. Wire worked the ball from left to right, with full back, Matt Dufty, passing to Thewlis, who stepped inside from the wing to beat the covering defence and score. Thewlis then kicked a difficult conversion to give them an early 6-0 lead.

Returning half-back, Josh Drinkwater, then set up the next try for Warrington. Drinkwater, who will leave the club at the end of the season and playing in his first game since round three, ghosted through the line before sending in England captain, George Williams to score. Thewlis was again on target with the conversion to make the score 12-0 at half-time. 

Thewlis then grabbed two quick tries at the beginning of the second half to secure his hat trick. The first came from another Dufty pass. This time, he looped the ball over three defenders to find Thewlis. Thewlis then cut back against the grain again, this time arcing his run 15 metres, past five defenders, in field to score. 

His third score of the night came in the 54th minute. Dufty again played a role, with his strong run taking Warrington into a strong position on their left-hand side, close to the Hull line. This gave the Wolves the space they needed to work the ball from left to right again, with the ball ending up in Thewlis' hands for a simple try in the corner. He kicked both goals to take his personal tally to 20 points for the match.

Tom Briscoe scored a consolation try, his first since returning to Hull FC from Leigh Leopards. Briscoe got on the end of a brilliant cut pass from returning half-back, Jake Trueman, who returns to the FC side after nine months out injured. FC have improved from their nadir a few weeks ago, when losing 58-0 to St Helens, but with just one win so far this season and no permanent head coach, a bad year doesn't show much sign of getting any better. 

Hull KR 40 St Helens 20
Venue: Sewell Group Craven Park, Hull

Date: Sat, 4th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Hull KR 16-14.   Penalties: Hull KR 4-1.   Referee: Chris Kendall.

Hull KR: Evalds, Burgess, Hiku, Broadbent, Hall; May, Lewis; Sue, Litten, Whitbread, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella (C). Int: Parcell, Luckley, Storton, Tanginoa.
St Helens: Welsby, Ritson, Hurrell, Percival, Blake; Lomax (C), Dodd; Mata'utia, Mbye, Lees, Whitley, Batchelor, Knowles. Int: Clark, Bell, Sironen, Delaney.

Hull Kingston Rovers (40)
Tries: Ryan Hall, Dean Hadley, Peta Hiku, Jez Litten, Tyrone May, Jack Broadbent, Mikey Lewis
Goals: Mikey Lewis 6/7

St Helens (20)
Tries: Konrad Hurrell 2, Waqa Blake, Jack Welsby
Goals: Mark Percival 2/4

Hull KR secured their second statement in as many weeks, beating St Helens 40-20 at Craven Park. Fresh off the back of a 26-12 home win against reigning champions, Wigan Warriors, Hull KR produced another impressive win to underline their status as a force to be reckoned with.

Tyrone May opened the scoring for the Robins, the first of seven different KR try scorers. Mikey Lewis, who shone in White and Red, chipped the ball through, and May collected on the full to score under the posts. Lewis converted a simple kick with ease. But the Saints struck back in the 12th minute, through Jack Welsby. Welsby received the ball from NRL bound, Lewis Dodd, and somehow managed to wriggle through the KR defence, who seemed to have plenty of cover, going 20 metres to score. Mark Percival kicked the tricky conversion to level the scores. 

Saints were reduced to 12 men in the 16th minute though, as Morgan Knowles was sin binned for a high tackle. Hull KR soon made their numerical advantage count, as Mikey Lewis scored in the 18th minute. Sauaso Sue broke a tackle in his own half, before offloading to Elliot Minchella, who passed inside to Lewis to finish under the posts, before converting his own try. 

Saints, at this stage, appeared to be up for the fight, as they pulled a try back whilst still playing with 12 men. A brilliant piece of vision from Johnny Lomax created the try, as his miss pass cut out two Hull KR defenders and allowed Waqa Blake a clear run into the corner. However, Percival was off target, meaning KR retained a two-point lead. With Knowles back from the sin bin, St Helens then took the lead, with Konrad Hurrell barging over from close range in the 28th minute. Percival was again off target, meaning it was Saints who now possessed a two-point lead, with the score 14-12.

But the Robins scored again before half-time to re-establish their dominance. Mikey Lewis' flat pass found Kelepi Tanginoa. Tanginoa scored a 100 metre try against Wigan last week, and again showed his quick feet as he burst through the line. He passed outside to new recruit, Jack Broadbent, who scored his first try for the Robins. Lewis missed his only conversion of the night, meaning it was KR who lead 16-14 at the break.

The second half was a less even affair, with KR out scoring Saints by four scores to one. Petr Hiku opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Petr Hiku took in a sensational inside all to run in from close range, with Lewis adding the extras. KR hooker, Jez Litten, popped up on the wing to score the Robins' next try, after Saints had failed to deal with a high kick. Litten gratefully took in a pass from Broadbent to score in the corner.

Saints threatened to fightback, as Hurrell grabbed his second of the game in trademark fashion. The big centre is almost unstoppable from close range, and he powered over from 10 metres out to give Saints a lifeline. But any hope of a comeback was quickly extinguished by two tries in the last 10 minutes from the Robins. First, the talismanic Lewis put forward Dean Hadley in for a simple try under the posts. Then Lewis looped a pass out to the wing for Ryan Hall to score in the corner. Hall's try moves him to within just one of Danny Maguire's all time Super Legue try scoring record of 247 tries.

KR's win is their sixth in seven games and moves them into the group of six sides who are all tied for top spot on 14 points. 

Leigh Leopards 28 Castleford Tigers 28
Venue: Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Leigh

Date: Sat, 4th May.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Leigh 18-10.   Penalties: Leigh 6-2.   Referee: James Vella.   Crowd: 8,035.

Leigh: Moylan, Hanley, Hardaker, Leutele, Charnley; McNamara, Lam; Amone, Dwyer, Trout, O'Donnell, Halton, Hughes. Int: Holmes, Davis, Ipape, Brogan.
Castleford: Hoy, Senior, Hall, Wood, Senior; Milnes, Miller; Watts, McShane (C), Westerman, Mellor, El-Zakhem, Hill. Int: Horne, Hall, Robb, Martin.

Leigh Leopards (28)
Tries: Ricky Leutele, Josh Charnley, Matt Moylan, Lachlan Lam, Edwin Ipape
Goals: Matt Moylan 4/5

Castleford Tigers (28)
Tries: Louis Senior 2, Sam Wood, Innes Senior, Tex Hoy
Goals: Rowan Milnes 4/5

Leigh Leopards and Castleford Tigers played out a remarkable draw at the Leigh Sports Village, with neither side able to find a win after a period of golden point extra time. Both sides are locked together in the table on two wins each, and they shared the honours on the field after a tight encounter.

A last gasp try from Castleford's Louis Senior allowed Rowan Milnes an opportunity to level the scores in the last minute, which he coolly took, slotting the conversion from the touchline. A draw does not benefit either side, as they drift further from play-off contention with more than a third of the season gone.

Louis Senior opened the scoring for Castleford, thanks to an interception try. With Leigh pressing, Matt Moylan attempted a miss pass to put Leigh in for a score on the left-hand side. However, Senior read the play, intercepting the pass, and racing 80 meters to score the first try of the game. Milnes missed the goal from the touchline to give the Tigers an early 4-point lead. 

Tex Hoy then extended Castleford's lead, showing great strength to touchdown. The Tigers worked the ball from right to left, eventually finding Hoy on 10 metres line. He power over defender, Zak Hardaker, to score and extend Castleford's lead. Milnes was on target this time, making the score 10-0. However, the return of Leigh's Edwin Ipape from injury began to turn the tide in the Leopards favour. Ipape played an important role in the first try, breaking the line and passing to Moylan in space. Moylan passed to Lachlan Lam, who drew the full back before returning the ball to Moylan to score Leigh's first try, which Moylan then converted.

Ipape then scored a fortuitous try himself, as his attempted kick through from close range hit the face of a Castleford defender and bounced back for the hooker to collect and score, with Moylan again on target to give Leigh the lead for the first time. Leigh then grabbed another try right on the stroke of half time, to take control of the game. Ricky Leutele offloaded to Moylan, who then found Charnley 10 metres out on Leigh's left-hand side. Charnley powered over the covering defence to extend the Leopards' lead. Moylan then added a difficult kick to make the score 18-10 at half time.

At this stage, Leigh appeared to be running away with the game, and they grabbed the first try of the second half. Leutele was the scorer this time, as the Leopards made the most of a play the ball near the Tigers' line, working the ball to the left for Leutele to score a simple try, with Moylan converting to give Leigh a 24-10 lead. 

However, Castleford struck back, thanks to more good play from Hoy. He broke through the left edge of the Leigh defence on hallway, before passing back inside to Sam Wood to score. Milnes was on target with the conversion to reduce the gap to eight points.

Lachlan Lam's 69th minute try appeared to have put the game to bed, as it extended Leigh's lead back to 12 points with just 11 minutes remaining. Importantly, Lam touched down in the left-hand corner, giving Moylan a difficult conversion, which he missed, giving Castleford just enough time to complete a thrilling comeback. First, Innes Senior scored in the left corner, after a brilliant pass from Hoy, which Milnes coolly converted from the touchline, to reduce the gap to six points.

Then Castleford worked the ball to the right edge, where Louis Senior produced an acrobatic, diving finish to bring the Tigers to within two points in the 78th minute. Up stepped Milnes, seemingly unburdened by the pressure of the situation, to calmly slot the conversion. Leigh came closest to breaking the deadlock in extra time, as they missed with two drop-goal attempts. First, Moylan hit the post, before Lam fired wide and a thoroughly engrossing match was drawn.

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