Super League: Hull FC second after win at Warrington Wolves, Leigh Leopards return to winning ways at Castleford Tigers
Hull FC weather second-half Warrington Wolves fightback to move up to second in Super League; Davy Litten and Tom Briscoe score two tries apiece with Herman Ese'ese also scoring; Sky Sports is the only place to watch every Super League game live in 2025
Last Updated: 13/04/25 8:54am
Hull FC moved into second place in the Betfred Super League table as they survived a second-half fightback from Warrington to claim a 28-16 victory at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The Black and Whites moved to within a point of leaders and local rivals Hull KR, with the chance to go top of the table at Easter when the two meet in the Humberside derby on Good Friday, live on Sky Sports.
Hull set the foundations for their win with a brilliant opening 40 minutes, which saw them score five tries and build a 26-4 half-time advantage.
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Davy Litten and Tom Briscoe both claimed two tries, with Herman Ese'ese also touching down and Will Pryce kicking three goals in a dominant opening 40 minutes.
Warrington rallied in the second half, with Matty Ashton scoring two tries, and Josh Thewlis also touched down to add to a George Williams effort in the first half, although Marc Sneyd was off target with all four conversion attempts.
Hull up to second in Super League
The visitors made an impressive start and hit the home side with three tries in 10 minutes to open up a 14-0 advantage midway through the first half.
Ashton failed to take an Aidan Sezer bomb 10 metres from his own line, and then from the resulting scrum the ball was moved to the right, where Briscoe went over in the corner for his first try of the game.
Five minutes later, Cade Cust's cross-field kick caused panic in the Wolves defence and Litten was on hand to touch down the loose ball.
Cust was involved again soon after as his long pass allowed Briscoe the space to score his second of the game.
It got even better for the visitors when Ese'ese could not be stopped on a 10-metre charge to the line and, with Pryce kicking two conversions, Hull led 20-0.
Warrington finally got on the scoresheet five minutes before half-time with a solo effort from Williams, but in the dying seconds of the half, Litten kicked ahead and regained to touch down, with Pryce goaling to give Hull a commanding 26-4 half-time lead.
Hull were reduced to 12 men for 10 minutes six minutes after the restart when Jack Ashworth was sent to the sin bin for a late hit on Jordy Crowther, and the Wolves immediately made their extra man tell as Williams sent Thewlis over in the corner.
The possibility of a comeback was still on the cards when Ashton crossed for Warrington's third try midway through the second half and he repeated the dose seven minutes later as the Wolves cut the deficit to 10 points at 26-16 to set up a thrilling finale.
But the Hull defence stood firm under some severe pressure and rounded off the win with a last-minute penalty from Pryce.
'Hull better in all areas'
Warrington head coach Sam Burgess: "We missed the jump at the start and gave ourselves way too much to do.
"They tried hard in the second half but they were against a quality side with some old heads in there who know how to win and grind a game out.
"Hull took their moments well in the first half and were better in all areas today.
"It didn't look like us and the players know that and we have a week to fix it up.
"But the bottom line was we got beat by the better team and it wasn't our day today."
Hull FC head coach John Cartwright: "The opening 40 was probably as good a period we have put together and I'm really happy with.
"But it was a game of two halves and the second 40 was a different story. I thought we let them back into it to a degree after we went away from what was working for us in the first half.
"Obviously they don't mean to make errors but we need to get them out of our game.
"The travelling supporters certainly helped us and made it feel like home and it's a great place to play with a good atmosphere and a good surface, it's something to look forward to."
Castleford Tigers 6-20 Leigh Leopards
Leigh returned to winning ways in Betfred Super League to move up to fifth in the table as Darnell McIntosh helped the Leopards brush aside sluggish Castleford 20-6.
Having bounced back from a thumping to Wakefield in their last league outing by beating them in the Betfred Challenge Cup to secure a semi-final spot, Leigh brought that momentum to the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.
McIntosh touched down twice while there were also tries for Edwin Ipape and Bailey Hodgson as Leigh claimed their first league victory since February 28 to move within three points of league leaders Hull KR.
The Tigers should have been the fresher of the sides after being off last week, but they produced an error-prone display and rarely threatened in the first hour as they slipped to a third successive loss.
Only when they were a man down after George Lawler's early sin bin did they threaten when the game was live as loanee Lee Kershaw's try was disallowed with Leigh 8-0 ahead due to a forward pass in the build-up.
They at least avoided being blanked after Zac Cini's try six minutes from time, but it was scant consolation as Castleford were booed off both at half-time and the final whistle.
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