Hicks leads Wolves rout
Chris Hicks helped himself to a hat-trick of tries for the second week in succession as Warrington thrashed Huddersfield 40-18.
Last Updated: 26/04/09 6:36pm
Chris Hicks helped himself to a hat-trick of tries for the second week in succession as Warrington convincingly ended Huddersfield's long winning away run.
The Giants last lost on the road at Leeds in July of last year, but saw that streak terminated with a resounding 40-18 reverse.
Hicks, who also touched down for three tries in the 58-22 romp at Bradford, notched three more in the space of 25 first-half minutes as the Wolves moved into a commanding lead they were never to surrender.
Tony Smith's charges were 10-0 to the good inside four minutes, Adrian Morley's clever offload sending in Australian centre Matt King, before Chris Bridge weaved some magic to hand Hicks his first of the afternoon.
Huddersfield briefly threatened a comeback when Paul Johnson spilled a high kick from Kevin Brown's allowing Simon Finnigan to score to cut the deficit to 10-6.
But Warrington quickly reasserted their dominance with Hicks completing his treble after assists from first Ben Westwood and then Bridge.
Hicks was then denied his fourth of the contest as a slick pass from Bridge was adjudged to have gone forward.
But it mattered little as Warrington underlined their superiority in the second half with further tries from Michael Monaghan (56), Lee Briers (63) and Chris Riley (78), while Hicks slotted six goals to finish with an impressive personal tally of 24 points.
The Giants did produce further tries of their own through Paul Whatuira (45) and Brett Hodgson (76) but were well beaten.
