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Cudjoe treble buries Catalans

Leroy Cudjoe grabbed a hat-trick as Huddersfield destroyed Catalans 36-12 to record their fifth straight win and keep alive their hopes of claiming a top-two finish in the engage Super League.

The Dragons led through Clint Greenshields' try but Huddersfield hit back with a brace from Cudjoe and scores from Brett Hodgson and Darrell Griffin to lead 20-12 at the break.

Wing David Hodgson and forward Simon Finnigan touched down in the second half before Cudjoe crossed again as Nathan Brown's men sent out an ominous warning to St Helens ahead of the forthcoming Challenge Cup semi-final between the sides.

Meanwhile, Warrington turned in a sizzling second half show to storm back into the top eight of the engage Super League with a 62-20 decimation of Salford City Reds.

The Wolves trailed 20-12 at half-time but ran in nine tries after the break to blitz the Reds with their biggest win under boss Tony Smith. Lee Briers bagged two touchdowns and set up several others in the remarkable second-half transformation.

Warrington scored 50 points without reply in the last 40 minutes after Richie Myler gave the Wolves a glimpse of what they can expect next season.

The England scrum-half, tipped to join the Wolves, grabbed a try to fire Salford ahead for the first time just before the break.

In the Yorkshire derby at Bell Vue Castleford arrested a poor run against near-neighbours Wakefield with a hard-fought 20-12 win.

The Tigers, who lost the same fixture earlier in the season, had won just one of their last 11 games against their local rivals - that one win since 2003 coming at Belle Vue last year.

And though both sides managed two scores each - two-try efforts from Dean Widders and Danny Brough - a penalty in the first half and three after the interval from Joe Westerman allowed the Tigers to take the local bragging rights away with them.

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