Five-try Goodwin helps Warrington bounce back

Warrington rapidly recovered from the heartbreak of their Challenge Cup final defeat in devastating fashion with a ruthless 80-10 demolition of a Hull side in freefall.

The Wolves showed no sign of a hangover just five days after their Wembley loss as they romped to a 14-try victory that keeps them clear of fast-finishing Huddersfield, their next opponents in the Super 8s, in the chase for fourth spot.

Centre Bryson Goodwin scored five tries, one short of the Super League record held by Bradford winger Lesley Vainikolo, and fellow Australian Tyrone Roberts scored one and succeeded with 12 of his 14 conversion attempts to finish with a 28-point haul.

Former England winger Josh Charnley opened the scoring inside three minutes with his 23rd try on his 22nd appearance for the Wolves after a superb offload in midfield by prop Mike Cooper created the opening and set the pattern for the match.

Hull actually drew level six minutes later from their first attack but it was something of a gift as winger Fetuli Talanoa pounced on a handling error by Toby King, who more than made up for his fumble by latching on to Roberts’ crossfield kick for his first try while Goodwin touched down twice in eight minutes.

King grabbed his second and loose forward Jack Hughes proved unstoppable from close range, taking three helpless defenders over the line with him.

It was 34-6 at the break and Goodwin doubled his first-half tally of tries within five minutes. Centre Josh Griffin pulled a try back for the visitors but they never looked capable of making a game of it.

Substitute forward Joe Philbin caught the Hull defence napping and Charnley sped over at the corner for his second. Hull were a shambles by then and their defence cracked four more times in the last 10 minutes as Roberts, Tom Lineham and Stefan Ratchford went past paper-thin tackling before Goodwin raced onto Lineham’s kick.