Hunslet Hawks 60 London Skolars 16: McHugh and Pryce lead Hawks' spree

Substitute Ade Adebisi scored a second half hat-trick for Skolars but despite their improvement after the break they never looked like winning.

Skolars trailed 14-0 after the opening 20 minutes. McHugh raced to the line after only two minutes and Pryce dived over in the corner on 10 minutes.

David March failed with his touchline kicks but when full-back Nathan Larvin crossed near the posts, March landed the easy conversion.

Slick handling by Charlie Wabo and Larvin sent Pryce in for his second try, Richard Knight successfully taking over the kicking duties.

London rarely threatened the Hawks' line in the first half, spoiling their approach play with basic handling errors.

Paul March collected a try, converted by Knight, before Pryce completed his hat-trick, gathering Richard Chapman's kick to go over in the corner and make it 30-0 at half-time.

Adebisi spared his side's blushes with those three second-half tries but McHugh crossed three more times to take his season's tally to 24 tries.

Stand-off Danny Grimshaw, loose forward David March and Pryce added further tries, Hunslet finishing with 12 touchdowns.

Hunslet Hawks: Larvin; Pryce, Clayton, McHugh, Mark; Grimshaw, P March; Sullivan, Haigh, Houston, Knight, Wabo, D March. Substitutes: Woodcock, Chapman, Haughey, Lowe.

London Skolars: N Thorman; Iwenofu, Gee, Paxton, Aggrey; Coleman, P Thorman; Sykes, Honor, Jones, Bloom, Thomas, Prescott. Substitutes: Simon, Purslow, Ball, Adebisi.

Referee: Dave Merrick (Pontefract).