London Broncos handed Toulouse Olympique XIII their first home league defeat of 2017 on Saturday.
Broncos completed the double over Toulouse with a convincing 36-16 victory.
London went into the break with a 16-0 lead thanks to tries from Andy Ackers, William Barthau and Daniel Harrison.
The Londoners continued where they left off in the second half, with Alex Walker and Kieran Dixon crossing early on.
Toulouse got on the scoresheet with around 60 minutes gone when Bastien Canet controlled a loose ball, but Dixon replied for London to get his second of the game. Api Pewhairangi all but confirmed the victory in the 71st minute when he split the Toulouse line to go over.
Kalausa Leha and Canet scored late consolation tries for the French side as London moved two-points clear of Toulouse in second.
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— London Broncos RL (@LondonBroncosRL) June 17, 2017
Batley Bulldogs beat Sheffield Eagles 70-12 in front of 2,000 fans on Sunday.
In remembrance of MP Jo Cox, Batley put on a show as winger Wayne Reittie scored four tries.
The ‘Dogs lead 38-0 at half time as they ran in six tries, including three for Reittie.
Sheffield were first on the scoresheet in the second half when Perry Whiteley scored, but Batley responded with six further tries in the second 40.
Patch Walker added a late penalty to bring the points total to 70 as Batley leapfrogged Sheffield on points difference.
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— variava (@_Variava_) June 18, 2017
Hull Kingston Rovers remained clear at the top with a 64-11 win over Dewsbury Rams.
Ryan Shaw’s hat-trick and Jamie Ellis’ 20 points led Rovers to their 16th league win of the season.
Hull led 36-1 at half-time but Dewsbury came out firing in the second 40. Sam Day and Robbie Ward came close for Dewsbury before Dale Morton got onto a grubber to score. Gareth Potts grabbed Dewsbury’s second six minutes later as the Rams rallied.
The Robins eventually got back into the game when Ben Cockayne scored and KR didn’t look back from there as they moved five points ahead of London.
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— Hull Kingston Rovers (@hullkrofficial) June 18, 2017
Halifax continued to put pressure on the top four with a 30-12 victory over Oldham.
The game was evenly matched for 60 minutes, with the teams tied at 12-12 heading into the final stages of the game.
Fax put the pressure on in the last 20, with tries from Will Sharp, Brandon Moore and Elliot Morris confirming the win as Halifax moved to one point behind Featherstone in fourth.
Rochdale came from behind to beat Bradford Bulls 28-14.
Hornets record their first home win since the opening day victory against Dewsbury pic.twitter.com/FXP7dSnf0y
— Rochdale Hornets (@RochdaleHornets) June 18, 2017
Bradford started well, with tries from James Bentley and Ted Chapelhow giving the Bulls an important lead.
Rochdale struck back with two tries from Jovilisi Taira and Bradford went into half time with a narrow 14-12 lead thanks to an Oscar Thomas penalty.
Bradford were unable to register any more points as the Hornets added two further tries through Lewis Galbraith and Matty Hadden.
The win is Rochdale’s first at home since their opening day victory over Dewsbury Rams.
