The top four in the Super League table enjoyed emphatic victories as Wigan Warriors, St Helens, York Valkryies and Leeds Rhinos all nilled their opposition.
Wigan retained top spot with a 72-0 win over Leigh Leopards as the quartet at the top half moved in lockstep two points away from the teams in the bottom half of the table.
The biggest points haul of the day went to York Valkyries, who put 86 unanswered points on a humbled Warrington Wolves side still looking for a first win of their 10-match campaign.
Leeds Rhinos executed a demolition job on Barrow Raiders away, scoring 15 tries in a 78-0 victory, and St Helens beat Huddersfield Giants 48-0 in the early kick-off at the Totally Wicked Stadium.
If the day was evidence of a growing divide between the top and bottom halves of the Women’s Super League table, it was also a day for those in the leading try-scorers table to fill their boots.
Wigan’s Grace Banks came out the winner, with four tries at the Leigh Sports Village taking her to the top of the table on 16 tries, ahead of teammate Eva Hunter whose two took her to 15 for the season.
There were hat-tricks elsewhere for Saints’ Dani McGifford, Leeds pair Lucy Murray and Ebony Stead – who moved to 15 for the season – and Savannah Andrade, who went over three times for York.
Wigan retain a three-point lead over St Helens and York Valkyries in the Super League table with a trip to York’s LNER Community Stadium to come next Sunday.
