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The best and worst of rugby Super League

JAMES NALTON looks at a weekend which saw some tight matches as well as a few non-contests

Round 13 brought out some of the best, and worst, of rugby’s Super League competition. There were some tight, hard-fought competitive matches, as well as a couple of one-sided affairs and teams struggling to cope with injury and depleted squads.

The first game of the round was one of the highlights, as Huddersfield and Leeds drew 24-24 at Stadium Way.

Rhinos stand-off Liam Sutcliffe kicked a goal to secure a point for his side late in the game, after which both sides scrambled around trying to kick a drop-goal to take the win.

Neither side showed the quality or composure required in these final minutes, so the spoils were shared.

Friday’s three games saw a couple of one-sided affairs, as Saints closed the gap on Leeds with a 44-4 win at home to Wakefield, and Wigan threatened to post a cricket score against Hull KR.

The Warriors were scoring at a rate of two points per minute in the early exchanges but a depleted Rovers side recovered to keep the score to 60-0.

Joe Burgess’s hat-trick for Wigan took him to the top of the try scoring charts, just ahead of his teammate Dom Manfredi.

Salford had asked Hull to postpone their Friday fixture, due to their long injury list, but the Red Devils still put up a good show in the game which went ahead as planned.

Setaimata Sa scored the try which won the game for Hull in the last 10 minutes, giving them a narrow 24-20 win at The Circle.

Warrington defeated Widnes by 22 points to 20 in a hard-fought derby at Mike Gregory Way.

A dramatic late try from Wolves winger Joel Monaghan gave his side the win in the dying seconds of the game, which was a blow to the Vikings and their captain Kevin Brown, who had performed superbly throughout the match, scoring two tries of his own.

Castleford took the two points in the final game of the round, as they triumphed in a 36-28 win against Catalans Dragons.

The Tigers went in at half-time leading 20-6 but a hat-trick from Dragons’ Ben Garcia saw the French club come back into the game in the second half.

It was to be in vain, however, as late tries from Jordan Tansey and Scott Moore gave Cas a deserved win.

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