Bradford Dudley Hill 52, Wigan St Judes 16

Division One leaders Dudley Hill hit the half-century mark for the second successive week as they brushed aside Wigan St Judes in an 11-try National Conference romp at Parry Lane.

Hill were reminded that all table-toppers are fair game when the Saints surged into a shock lead on their first foray into the hosts’ red zone as prop forward Martin Riley crossed for a converted try at the side of the posts. But the response was fast as hooker Nathan Kitson put centre Alex Dickinson on a touchline run and he found packman Steve Lamond on the inside to cross in acres of space.

Centre Craig Tyman raced over when a Wigan defender came out of the defensive line and wingman Neil Wall looked suitably embarrassed when all he had to do was collect a bounced pass to walk in at the corner flag.

Substitute forward Bolu Fagboran reached the chalk on the half-hour mark with a simple pick up and run, leaving new signing Andy Robinson to land his first conversion on his debut.

The momentum continued with a Wall hand-off to claim his second try, allowing Hill to go into the sheds 22-6 up.

It was more of the same on the restart as Tyman won the race to a kick behind the line for his brace, before the visitors showed some measure of resistance with an unconverted try from centre Scott Robinson. The best try of the game went to the lively Kitson when he raced clear from the ruck and weaved 60 metres to the chalk, outpacing the St Judes cover defence in style.

Not to be outdone, Wall broke clear to dance down the touchline, only to fall to a brilliant tackle from full back Barry Rothwell.

Both sides were then lucky to go unpunished after exchanging a flurry of punches when the burly winger was prevented from playing the ball quickly.

Prop Adam Jefferson was rewarded for his support play when he collected a Dickinson offload.

St Judes’ persistence bore fruit again when packman Tom Owen evaded a half-hearted tackle for a gift.

But it was only a minor blip as full back Aiden Batey reached the chalk and Fagboran soon followed with his second. Robinson had the final say when he took advantage of tired legs to scoop up a loose ball and then make it four conversions, leaving Hill with another mammoth total in the promotion race.