The Wolves opened the scoring in the third minute when a high kick on the last tackle from scrum half Jack Pendlebury was fumbled over their own line by Hull FC and centre Reece Dobbs pounced on the loose ball to score wide out on the right and then eleven minutes later a clever kick behind the Hull FC defence into the in-goal area by stand off Tommy Rhodes saw centre Ben Bullough beat two defenders to the ball and score wide out on the left.

Straight from the restart winger Tyreece Swinton made a strong run and a quick play the ball allowed hooker Oliver Orgill to scoot from dummy half upto the halfway line before he found Dobbs who made a fine mazy run evading several defenders and from another quick play the ball Orgill found loose forward Ethan Holt and he passed onto Rhodes whose short ball put second row Brady Bottomley through a gap to score at the left of the posts. Rhodes converted and then midway through the half Orgill darted from dummy half ten metres inside his own half and raced thirty metres before finding prop forward Isaac Holdsworth in support to race away and score on the left. Rhodes added the conversion.

An error from the Wolves on their own line, followed by conceding a ‘six again’ saw Hull FC take advantage as the ball reached stand off Alex Batty and his short pass found second row Josh Harding who scored at the left of the posts. Scrum half Owen Bartle converted but then just before the half hour mark the Wolves had a scrum fifteen metres from the Hull FC line and from that Orgill found Pendlebury who gave a short ball to Dobbs and he powered through at speed to score on the right. Rhodes added the conversion.

A minute before the break a lovely short ball from substitute Tom Marshall sent Holdsworth charging through down the middle and he found Rhodes in support to race over under the posts. Rhodes converted his own try to give his side a commanding 32-6 half time advantage.

Eight minutes into the second half a short ball from Marshall found fellow substitute Ed Williams and he brushed off four attempted tacklers to force his way over at the side of the posts from close range. Rhodes converted and then there was a period of twenty minutes where a few handling errors from both sides prevented any scoring until an error from Hull FC twenty metres from the Wolves line was pounced on by Bullough who picked up and raced eighty metres, outpacing the chasing pack, to score under the posts. Rhodes added the conversion.

Five minutes from time Holdsworth was held up over the Hull FC line but from the play the ball Orgill fed Holt and his short pass found prop forward Zak Brand who forced his way over at the right of the posts. Rhodes converted to complete an impressive 50-6 success for the young Wolves.

After the game Wolves Academy Head Coach Daniel Hill said: “The lads backed up last week’s win at Huddersfield with another pleasing performance, showing periods of dominance, especially in that first half. We started the game well - being physical, competing hard and it enabled us to have a purple patch where we was clinical with the ball. The lads showed desperation in defence, when Hull stripped us on a few occasions, which was good to see. Although, we was dominant we spoke after the game about not having periods in the game where we drop off in intensity, as this is something we cannot afford to have, going into the qualifiers over the next few weeks.”

The top four qualifiers now take place, with each team facing each other once more. Wigan, who finished top have three home games, Leeds as the second placed team have two home games, Warrington have one home game for finishing third and Castleford have all three of their games away.

The fixtures are:

Week 1 - Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves (Thursday 6^th August, kick off 7.00pm at Robin Park Arena).

Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers

Week 2 - Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos

Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers (Date and venue to be confirmed).

Week 3 - Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers

Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves (Date and venue to be confirmed).

WOLVES

George Welsh, Tyreece Swinton, Reece Dobbs, Ben Bullough, Regan Parkman, Tommy Rhodes, Jack Pendlebury, Isaac Holdsworth, Oliver Orgill, Zak Brand, Brady Bottomley, Oliver Bishop, Ethan Holt.

Subs: Max Mulqueeney, Jamie Coop, Tom Marshall, Ed Williams, James Prescott (18^th Man).

Tries

Dobbs (3 mins, 28), Bullough (14, 69), Bottomley (17), Holdsworth (20), Rhodes (39), Williams (48), Brand (75).

Goals

Rhodes 7 from 9

HULL FC

Harrison Turner, James Tann, Kingsley Sharpe, Josh Horne, Kirils Prigorkins, Alex Batty, Owen Bartle, Charlie Cullen-Thomas, Finlay Davis, Jake Ivory, Josh Harding, Rio Kassim, Will Mathers.

Subs: Harrison Kirk, Logan-Barry Edwards, Travis Minns-Strachan, Tom Cheshire, Cole Bone (18^th Man).

Tries

Harding (24 mins).

Goals

Bartle 1 from 1

Referee: Reece Schofield (Manchester).

Big home win for Academy over Hull FC