Warrington moved back into second spot in the Engage Super League last night with their third victory of the season against Huddersfield. Just a fortnight after their 60-4 mauling of the Giants in the fifth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup at the Galpharm Stadium, the Wolves once again proved too good for Nathan Brown's side at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, winning 36-20. Australian winger Chris Hicks led the way for the Wolves with two of Warrington's seven tries, while Chris Bridge, who scored five tries in the cup victory, was once again among the scorers as he finished with a personal haul of 12 points with a try and four goals.
The win leaves the Wolves four points adrift of leaders Wigan, who were convincing 46-26 winners at Crusaders on Saturday. In yesterday's other action, a hat-trick of tries from Danny McGuire helped inspire Leeds to a 26-12 victory at Bradford. McGuire ran in for scores in the 15th, 30th and the 60th minute as the champions triumphed to move up to fifth in the table. Keith Senior and Brett Delaney also got their names on the scoresheet for the Rhinos, while Kevin Sinfield kicked three goals.
The Bulls had twice led early on in the clash at Grattan Stadium as Elliott Whitehead and Michael Platt both scored tries, but they were unable to build on that start as Leeds went on to take control. Wakefield ran in 10 tries as they hammered Harlequins 54-12. Luke George, Sean Gleeson and Sam Obst all ran over for two tries apiece, while Paul Cooke finished with a personal haul of 18 points, which came from one try and seven conversions.
Hull kept their push for a play-off spot on track as they won 34-26 at Castleford. * Compiled by Graham Caygill, with agencies
