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Your support makes all the difference.TOP of the table St Helens warmed up for next Sunday's Lancashire Cup final against Wigan with an impressive 38-8 victory against Hull yesterday.
A Bernard Dwyer penalty put them in front after three minutes and they scored five tries to lead 30-0 at the break. In the second half Hull tightened up their defence, before scoring consolation tries through James Grant and Paul Harrison.
Simon Middleton scored two tries as Castleford overpowered Widnes 26-14. Widnes rarely threatened in the opening half-hour as Castleford built up a
14-point lead, but reduced the arrears to two by half-time with Les Holliday and David Myers tries.
Castleford scored just after the restart and, despite a fight-back, rarely looked like being caught.
Salford got back to winning ways with an improved second-half display at the Willows. Wakefield, without a league win this season, built up an 8-4 lead in the first half. But after the break, Salford raised their game to win 14-8, Phil Ford kicking consistently.
A brilliant late try from Mark Preston gave Halifax 18-13 revenge for last month's Yorkshire Cup defeat by Sheffield. Halifax's Paul Bishop had a 100 per cent record with five kicks out of five.
Hull Kingston Rovers' storming second-half display earned them a 30-1 victory - their first win since the opening game of the season as bottom-of-the-table Leigh failed to take advantage of a favourable first-half wind. In the second half Rovers applied the pressure with Mike Fletcher's kicking backing up a four-try flurry.
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