Updated 3:18am 28 April 2012

Featherstone flying after Widnes win

FEATHERSTONE retained their six-point lead at the top of the Co-operative Championship with a 30-22 victory over Widnes.

Rovers led 10-0 at the break thanks to tries from Matty Dale and Zak Hardaker and further tries from Liam Finn, John Grayshon and Kyle Briggs secured the win. Chris Gerrard, Matthew Gardner, David Allen and Shaun Ainscough went over for second-half tries for the Vikings.

Second-placed Leigh kept pace with Rovers as they beat Keighley 36-18.

Matty Blythe scored two tries for the Centurions in a comfortable seven-try victory.

Lowly Dewsbury stunned Halifax with a thrilling 37-30 victory.

In Championship One leaders Hunslet hammered London Skolars 60-16.

Darren Holt kicked 14 points for Workington as they defeated South Wales Scorpions 38-24 while first-half tries from John Clough, Mark McCully and Martin Ainscough helped Blackpool to a 28-6 win at Swinton.

engage Super League: Castleford (8) 28. Tries: Shenton 3, Chase, Dixon. Goals: Dixon 3, Westerman. Bradford (10) 22. Tries: Whitehead, Menzies, Kearney, Platt. Goals: Sykes 3. Att: 5,482 Crusaders RL (0) 0. Wakefield (19) 41. Tries: Jeffries, Millard, Demetriou, Leaeno, Johnson, Blanch 2. Goals: Cooke 6. Drop Goals: Cooke. Att: 2,837 Warrington (20) 30. Tries: King 2, Hicks 2, Atkins, Riley. Goals: Briers 3. Leeds (12) 37. Tries: Senior, Eastwood, Donald, Buderus, Hall, McGuire. Goals: Sinfield 6. Drop Goals: Sinfield. Att: 10,442.

Co-operative Championship: Featherstone (10) 30. Tries: Dale, Hardaker, Finn, Grayshon, Briggs. Goals: Briggs 5. Widnes (0) 22. Tries: C. Gerrard, Gardner, Allen, Ainscough. Goals: Grady 3. Att: 1,776.

SATURDAY: engage Super League Huddersfield (6) 16. Tries: Lawrence, Brown. Goals: B. Hodgson 4. Hull K R (12) 16. Tries: Murrell, Newton. Goals: Dobson 4. Att: 6,304 Hull (8) 10. Tries: Turner, Whiting. Goals: Tickle. Catalans Dragons (8) 8. Tries: McGuire. Goals: Raguin, Bosc. Att: 11,466 St Helens (28) 58. Tries: Gardner, Puletua, Wellens 4, Pryce 2, Flannery, Ashurst. Goals: Lomax 9. Salford (16) 34. Tries: Boyle, Sidlow 2, Henry, Gibson, Holdsworth. Goals: Holdsworth 5. Att: 7,728.

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