Widnes Vikings brushed aside Castleford Tigers 46-16 at the Select Security Stadium to pick up their fourth win of the Super League season.
Patrick Ah Van opened the scoring inside the opening five minutes following a clever move on the blindside by Rhys Hanbury and Kevin Brown, although the advantage did not last long as Ben Roberts capitalised on a forward pass from the hosts to level things up.
Some steady pressure from the Vikings finally told as the first half wore on, and they were well in command heading into the break following four more tries.
Hanbury stretched over for the first, before Jack Owens, successful with seven conversions this afternoon, added his name to the try list. Stefan Marsh made the most of a tired opposition backline for the next, before Ah Van doubled his personal tally for the day.
Widnes's domination showed no sign of slowing down in the second period, with Brown dummying his way through to touch down just five minutes after the restart.
Oliver Holmes did reduce the arrears a little when powering over for Castleford's second try, but any hope of a comeback was soon extinguished when Cameron Phelps crossed over on the back of some impressive work from Hanbury.
There was still enough time for Michael Shenton and Hanbury to find the chalk in front of the 5,457 spectators watching on, as Widnes cruised to a victory which lifts them up to ninth place in the league table.
Daniel Lewis
