Swinton 4 Hunslet Hawks 58: Pryce treble keeps Hawks flying high

A hat-trick of tries from winger Waine Pryce helped Hunslet maintain their three-point lead with a 58-4 win over struggling Swinton in Co-operative Championship One.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jul 2010, 13:43 BST
Updated 5th Jul 2010, 13:43 BST

Stuart Kain touched down twice before the break as the Hawks led 16-4 and they dominated the second half with further tries through Tom Haughey, Luke Haigh (two), Steve Dooler, Danny Grimshaw and David March. Rob Foxen scored Swinton's solitary try.

Mick Fogerty scored a hat-trick of tries in second-placed Oldham's 68-10 win at lowly Gateshead, who have now lost 11 successive matches.

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The Roughyeds ran in 12 tries in all, with Paul O'Connor and Danny Whitmore both scoring two and others coming from Lucas Onyango, Wayne Kerr, Chris Clarke, Ben Heaton and Dave Ellison.

Will Bate and Kevin Neighbour scored Thunder's tries, with Nigel Scott kicking a goal.

A last-minute try and conversion enabled London Skolars to end their 30-match losing run with a 28-26 win over Rochdale.

The Skolars were trailing 26-22 when Sam Gee went over for their fifth try of the match to tie the scores and Paul Thorman held his nerve to give them their first win since May 2009.

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Swinton: R. Hawkyard, Dodd, Reay, D. Hawkyard, Flooks, Hulse, Watson, Mullally, Joseph, Newton, Ainscough, Stewart, Rigby. Substitutes: Foxen, Wilson, Isherwood, Meekin.

Hunslet: Kain, J. Oakes, McHugh, Haughey, Pryce, Grimshaw, P. March, Helme, Haigh, Houston, Dooler, Knight, D. March. Substitutes: Wabo, Chapman, Woodcock, Lowe.

Referee: W Turley (RFL).