Food and Events

The New Zealand centre Aaron Mauger is being courted by Leicester, according to the player's agent. Substitutes used: Crabtree, Smith, McDonald, Raleigh.Hull: Tony; Blacklock, Whiting, Domic, Raynor; Cooke, R Horne; Dowes, Swain, Carvell, McMenemy, G Horne, Washbrook. Cooke added the goal to complete a perfect afternoon with the boot.Huddersfield: Reilly; Aspinwall, Brown, De Vere, Donlan; Thorman, Paul; Mason, Drew, Gannon, Nero, Jones, Wild. Stuart Jones crashed on to Kevin Brown's pass to open their account, with Michael de Vere's goal reducing the deficit to 14 points.Huddersfield were boosted by Jones' effort and they began to reap the rewards of their second-half efforts when Andy Raleigh managed to barge his way over with eight minutes remaining.De Vere's touchline conversion still left the Giants needing two scores, and the gap became three when Shaun Briscoe crossed for Hull to secure the points.

Richard Whiting was held up over the line by Stephen Wild as the visitors pressed for more, but the game quickly degenerated into a succession of knock-ons and failed interceptions.The disruptions suited Huddersfield, however, and they were able to gain some field position as a result. Huddersfield must now juggle preparations for the Challenge Cup final, against St Helens at Twickenham on 26 August, with a relegation battle. An injury to their captain, Chris Thorman, did little to raise their spirits. Hull's Motu Tony scored the opening try in the third minute, although 24 minutes then elapsed before Paul Cooke kicked a penalty to put Hull eight points clear.The second-row Shayne McMenemy scored a try three minutes from the half-time hooter, capitalising on good work from Gareth Raynor, and Cooke's goal extended the lead to 14-0, which was a more fair reflection of the half's play.McMenemy's try came with the hooker Brad Drew in the sin bin for the home side after showing dissent to the referee Phil Bentham.Three minutes into the second half, Raynor chased Cooke's kick and caused enough panic in the home defence to let Graeme Horne in for Hull's third try. Hull's quest for a first runner-up finish in the Super League was given a huge boost by victory over Huddersfield at the Galpharm Stadium yesterday. Peter Sharp's side are now four points clear of third-placed Leeds thanks their 15th win in 16 matches. Substitutes used: Fa'asavalu, Fozzard, Roby, V Anderson.Referee: K Kirkpatrick (Warrington).. Substitutes used: Kain, Edwards, Huby, Fa'aoso.St Helens: Wellens; Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli; Pryce, Long; Cayless, Cunningham, P Anderson, P Sculthorpe, Wilkin, Hooper.

Paul Sculthorpe completed his second 80-minute run-out following his return from injury and Long, sidelined recently with a troublesome ankle, also came through well."Someone in the crowd asked me at half-time to take it easy but the players are just in a mood," said Anderson. "Castleford are riddled with busted players and probably need two wins to survive. Today wasn't one of them." Castleford need to rebuild confidence quickly to retain their hard-earned Super League status. Though their current points tally of 17 would have guaranteed safety in any other summer season, they are casting anxious eyes at Wigan and Wakefield, especially as only one of their last four games is at home."The rigours of the season have taken their toll," said Terry Matterson, the Castleford coach, "and we have got to regroup."Castleford: Platt; A Fletcher, Shenton, Viane, Bird; McGoldrick, Handforth; D Sculthorpe, Henderson, Nutley, Manu, R Fletcher, Payne. Paul Wellens and Sean Long also scored two tries apiece with six other players on the scoresheet.Just as importantly, with the Challenge Cup final against Huddersfield looming, Saints did not collect any injuries. They scored 12 tries, all converted by the flawless Jamie Lyon before conceding a last-minute close-range try to Gray Viane.Leon Pryce, seemingly involved in everything, and Lyon, who collected a 32-point haul by also adding two tries, were the stand-outs in an outstanding performance. His table-topping side, who maintained their six-point lead over Hull, did Anderson's talking for him, displaying some wonderful attacking football as they consigned Castleford to a club record defeat. Saints produced a near flawless first-half display to soak up early home pressure and then ruthlessly built a 36-0 interval lead which they added to remorselessly in the second half.

Substitutes used: Saxton, Elima, Obst, Griffin.Catalans: Guigue; Murphy, Wilson, Hughes, Verges; Sadaoui, Jones; Beattie, Teixido, Chan, Hindmarsh, Guisset, Mounis. Substitutes used: Fakir, Fellous, Berthezene, Griffi.Referee: S Ganson (St Helens).* Huddersfield's captain, Chris Thorman, is a doubt for the Challenge Cup final after injuring his hamstring in the 26-12 defeat by Hull.. Saints coach Daniel Anderson expressed his irritation during the week that the relegation battle was diverting attention from the excellent football being played week-in, week-out by the top clubs, not least his own. "It was a gritty, battling performance."Wakefield: Halpenny; Demetriou, Evans, Atkins, Tadulala; Rooney, Jeffries; Korkidas, March, Watene, MacGillivray, Solomoma, Henderson. They were developing some of the same faults as their opponents, however, and Darrell Griffin was sent to the sin bin before half-time for a holding down offence that gave Stacey Jones the Catalans' first points.They took further advantage after the break with a try from Mark Hughes.

Rooney landed a penalty and was then there to finish an incisive attack by Sam Obst and Jeffries to ensure there would be no nasty surprises in the final quarter.The tireless Jones got one back for the Dragons, but fittingly it was Rooney who had the last word, following his own kick for his hat-trick try and a seventh goal.Kear said that his players had not been aware of other results during the day, but the combination now puts them within range of other teams as well as Wigan."We have clung on to their coat tails," Kear added. Wakefield then capitalised on Adel Fellous' fumble when Rooney picked up Duncan MacGillivray's pass to weave his way through for his first.A couple of penalties conceded by the ill-disciplined French gave Rooney his third and fourth goals. Right after the Dragon's had had a second player sent to the sin bin, Wakefield struck again, moving the ball neatly for Ryan Atkins to go over. "He's developing into a very intelligent, mature rugby league player. His game is just blossoming."The Catalans did not help themselves last night by conceding a string of early penalties for holding on in the tackle, and having two players sent to the sin bin in the process.It was inevitably going to cost them and it began to do so when Jason Demetriou scored from a typically well timed pass from David Solomona after eight minutes.