Crusaders shock Wigan

Celtic Crusaders went in front when Australian wing Mark Lennon made a decisive break down the left, passed to the excellent Peter Lupton to put scrum-half Jace Van Dijk on a 20-yard run under the posts for Lennon to convert.

Wigan hit back, though, when second row Harrison Hansen drove over as Wigan put the pressure on the home team inside their 25 with Pat Richards converting.

But a huge crossfield kick by Van Dijk sent Peter Lupton over near the posts and, with Lennon's conversion, the dream was on.

And it got better when centre Mark Dalle Cort went over for a third try just before the hour that Lennon converted.

But it could not last and, on the hour, Wigan began to hit back with a vengeance. They smashed at the Crusaders defence until it finally buckled for centre Cameron Phelps to go over near the line.

Richards, though, missed the conversion and, with the scores level at 16-16, there was a glimmer of hope for the Crusaders. However, the roof came off The Brewery Field when Lupton, comfortably man of the match, drove over in the corner and, when Lennon converted, there was no way back for the Warriors.

Wakefield defeated Hull 37-22 to consolidate their place in the engage Super League play-off positions.

Wakefield coach John Kear was on the Hull coaching staff when Wakefield triumphed 35-28 in August six years ago and, although three years have passed since he was acrimoniously shown the door at the KC Stadium, he will surely have enjoyed his side's return to form against his former employers more than most.

Another to revel in coming up against his old club was Danny Brough. The scrum-half was also cast aside by the Black and Whites in 2006 and, after proving to be the difference between the two when Wakefield won 21-14 at Hull in April, exacted further revenge as he had a hand in three of his side's six tries - two of which went to Tony Martin - and scored 15 points to sentence Hull to a 10th defeat in 12 outings.