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Leeds Rhinos, Castleford Tigers and Wigan Warriors stars feature in some brilliant reserves fixtures

There was plenty of reserves action today in Super League as stars of the future and stars of today shone for a number of clubs.

The action started at St Helens as the Saints ran riot in the sunshine with a 42-16 win over Salford. There wasn’t much Super League experience in their side with the focus being on young talent. Daniel Moss starred at halfback having played against Castleford in the league recently meanwhile Josh Simm started at centre.

For Salford, Greg Burke got some needed minutes whilst new signing Tyler Dupree was pulled out of the side last minute as was Amir Bourouh who is in the 21-man squad for tomorrow’s game against Leeds.

If you thought St Helens were scoring for fun, Hull FC out did them defeating Newcastle Thunder 76-6. As with the Saints, Hull’s focus was on youngsters like Davy Litten who started at fullback crossing the tryline in the first half. Aiden Burrell started in the front row for the Black and Whites.

Huddersfield Giants meanwhile defeated Bradford Bulls away 30-18 with first team forward Oliver Roberts crossing for a try.

In the game of the day, Leeds and Castleford served up a try fest with the Rhinos downing the Tigers 40-34 away. Danny Richardson starred for the Tigers as he returns from a neck injury kicking five goals from six attempts and being key to their attack. Sosaia Feki also featured ahead of joining Featherstone Rovers on a two-week loan.

Speaking of Fev, Brandon Pickersgill featured for Leeds as did seven other non-Leeds players as Leeds looked to the likes of Hunslet to fill out their side with Jack Sinfield and Max Simpson unavailable due to first team commitments as other youngsters look ahead to Yorkshire vs Lancashire in an academy origin match.

Tom Holroyd featured for the Rhinos as he returns from injury meaning he won’t play in tomorrow’s game against Salford. The hero of the game for Leeds was Joe Gibbons who scored twice. Son of former Leeds man David Gibbons, he was playing on loan for Cornwall last week as were teammates Oli Field, Joe Hird and Mackenzie Turner all of whom featured this afternoon.

Wigan had it much easier winning 72-6 against London with Umyla Hanley and Roman Silva being the highest profile names in their side.

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