Late Dufty try sees Warrington deny Hull FC fightback

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Hull FC (0) 18

Tries: Balmforth, Sutcliffe, Briscoe Goals: Reynolds (3)

Warrington (12) 24

Tries: King, Dufty (2), Walker Goals: Thewlis (4)

Matt Dufty’s late try ended a stirring Hull fightback to end Warrington’s run of three straight defeats.

Back-to-back Super League defeats by play-off rivals Wigan and Salford had sandwiched the Challenge Cup final defeat by the Warriors as Sam Burgess’ side began to stutter after a good start to the season.

It looked like they might suffer again as second half tries from Denive Balmforth, Liam Sutcliffe and Tom Briscoe saw the Black and Whites draw level in the closing stages after tries from Toby King, Dufty and Danny Walker had seemingly put the Wolves out of sight.

After beating Leeds last week for only their second Super League win of the season, Hull wasted chance after chance and they paid for it as Dufty picked up a loose ball and darted through the defence to secure the victory.

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Hull FC: Moy, Briscoe, Tuimavave, Sutcliffe, Martin, Trueman, Reynolds, Ese’ese, Smith, Aydin, Scott, Lane, Sao

Interchanges: Ashworth, Balmforth, Fash, Gardiner

Warrington: Dufty, Thewlis, King, Tai, Ashton, Williams, Drinkwater, Harrison, Walker, Vaughan, Nicholson, Holroyd, Currie

Interchanges: Musgrove, Bullock, Powell, Wood

Referee: Ben Thaler