Huddersfield rediscovered their early-season form to condemn Wakefield to a fifth successive defeat as the Wildcats wilted badly on the hottest day of the year.

Winger David Hodgson scored three of his side's 10 tries as the Giants put their recent patchy form behind them in emphatic fashion with a 54-6 rout to reclaim fourth place in engage Super League on Sunday.

The Wildcats went on an eight-match run without a win this time last year which ultimately cost them a play-off spot and their hopes for this season are in danger of disappearing just as fast.

Without the influential Danny Brough, who was suspended along with Danny Sculthorpe for a breach of club discipline, Wakefield lacked direction in attack and were woeful in defence as Huddersfield cut loose to run in seven second-half tries.

Catalans Dragons ended their Super League drought and denied Welsh outfit Celtic Crusaders a home victory with a 30-18 win on Saturday night.

The Crusaders had recorded their first league win of the season over Bradford Bulls in Yorkshire last Sunday but the Dragons had their own reasons to get victory in Wales afte a barren spell.

Greg Bird, Olivier Elima, Adam Mogg, Shane Perry, Steven Bell and Cyril Stacul all scored tries for the Dragons.

The hosts' tries came from Josh Hannay, Jordan James and Jason Chan.

Sean Long gave the most emphatic reminder possible of his quality with a sensational piece of skill to help table-toppers St Helens to a 22-12 victory over high-flying rivals Harlequins on Friday night.

The 32-year-old scrum-half this week revealed he will consider leaving the club at the end of the season after being told Saints are only prepared to offer him a one-year deal.

And in the 52nd minute against Quins, and with his side 10-0 ahead, he produced a combination of delightful footwork and impressive pace before conjuring an audacious offload to the onrushing James Roby who touched down.

The plaudits went to Long, who converted to put his side 16-0 ahead after tries from Chris Flannery and Paul Wellens.

Quins showed admirable guts to fashion a courageous fightback and claim tries from Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook and an interception score from Luke Dorn.

But Saints added a fourth score in the 78th minute when captain Keiron Cunningham powered his way over.

Shaun Briscoe claimed two tries as Hull KR maintained the pressure at the summit with a 16-6 win over Castleford.

The Rovers full-back touched down twice in the second half, settling the game with his second 11 minutes from time.

Winger and fellow England hopeful Peter Fox opened the scoring for Rovers but Castleford kept themselves in contention through Mitchell Sargent.

The Tigers, strong in defence throughout, might feel the game could even have been closer had they not been denied a penalty try late in the first half.

Warrington staged a second successive comeback to keep alive their play-off hopes as a 16-8 victory left Wigan still looking for their first win at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

The Wolves came from 16-6 down to win at Hull a week ago and this time around they again finished the stronger team to secure a sixth successive home win over their rivals.

Warrington went in front for the first time when Chris Riley scored on 57 minutes and Australian scrum-half Michael Monaghan recovered from a heavy knock to score the clinching try 10 minutes later.

Cameron Phelps had gone over early for the Warriors but a Matt King try gave the home side the momentum to go on and win the game after the break.

Bradford's woes continued as they were beaten 18-10 by in-form Salford at The Willows.

Having led 4-0 at the interval and looking in control, they found themselves trailing midway through the second period when Stuart Littler crossed.

And an inspired display from much-coveted Richard Myler and further scores from Mark Henry and Luke Adamson put the Bulls to the sword.