Widnes Vikings 40-8 Wakefield Wildcats: Denis Betts’ side cruise to first Super Eights victory

Widnes got back to winning ways with a seven-try thumping of Wakefield in the battle between the two Super Eights strugglers.

Pat Ah Van went over twice while Rhys Hanbury, Matty Whitley, Corey Thompson, Stef Marsh and Lloyd White were also on the scoresheet as Widnes, heavily beaten in their opening two games, ran out 40-8 victors to claim their first win of the Super 8s.

The Wildcats replied through tries from Craig Hall and Ben Bishop-Jones but they looked a shadow of the side that had propelled them into the top eight and remain winless.

Widnes' victory saw them leapfrog Castleford and up to sixth in the table after the Tigers had slipped to a narrow loss to the Vikings' neighbours Warrington 24 hours previously.