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Rhinos keep hold of top spot

Super League champions Leeds cruised to a comfortable sixth win of the season - 42-14 over Catalans - to retain top spot ahead of St Helens on points difference.

Steve Bell gave the French side an early lead but Ryan Hall responded for Leeds and Jamie Jones-Buchanan side-stepped past Clint Greenshields for a second try.

An inch-perfect kick to the corner handed Hall his second, and the game was as good as over when the winger unselfishly passed to Brent Webb.

Leon Pryce's hat-trick steered St Helens to a 42-18 victory as Wakefield mourned the tragic death of Leon Walker.

Wakefield struck first through Steve Snitch, but Saints ran in four first-half tries from James Graham, Gary Wheeler, Matt Gidley and Pryce.

Pryce added a fifth shortly after the hour mark and Tony Puletua and Ade Gardner also touched down before Pryce completed his hat-trick late on.

Meanwhile, Michael Lawrence and Kevin Brown helped Huddersfield win a scrappy and bad-tempered encounter 22-8.

The Giants, who had Luke Robinson and Darrell Griffin sin-binned, led 10-4 at the break thanks to Scott Moore's try and three Brett Hodgson goals.

Amos Roberts gave the Warriors - who had Harrison Hansen sin-binned - hope, but the two late tries from Lawrence and Brown settled the clash.

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