Halifax staged a dramatic second-half comeback to stun 12-man Leigh with a 42-36 victory in National League Division One.
The home side led 24-6 at the break but Halifax scored five unanswered tries in the final 23 minutes to go from 36-10 down to lead 40-36.
Leigh were on top with scores from Dave McConnell, Chris Giles and Dave Alstead (two). Five goals from Ian Watson and one from Lee Marsh helped the hosts to a 26-point lead.
But Halifax's revival saw Lee Patterson, James Haley, Graham Holroyd, Damien Gibson and Paul Smith go over with Sean Penkywicz adding to his first-half try.
Holroyd also kicked eight goals from as many attempts.
Sheffield Eagles consolidated third place with a 24-16 victory over Batley Bulldogs.
Craig Cook gave the Eagles the lead with a try which Johnny Woodcock converted.
James Ford crossed before Batley replied with a try from centre Danny Maun.
Winger Ollie Marns scored two late tries as the Bulldogs fought back but it was not enough.
Tom Buckenham and Paul Pickering were the Eagles' other try scorers while Woodcock ended with four goals from five attempts.
Featherstone recovered from 16-2 to beat fellow strugglers Dewsbury 40-26.
Bottom side Dewsbury looked set for their first league victory when they built a commanding first-half lead with tries from Andrew Bostock (two), and Alex Bretherton, and two goals from Patrick Walker.
Rovers cut the gap to two points with two tries in three minutes from Sean Hesketh and Waine Pryce shortly before half time.
Featherstone stepped up a gear in the second half with further touch downs from Andy Kirk (two), Wayne McHugh and Pryce.
Tries from Dominic Maloney and Austin Buchanan were in vain for the Rams.
Celtic Crusaders took the points with a 16-14 victory over Widnes Vikings in a dour game.
The Crusaders started well and took the lead through Mark Dalle Cort whose momentum saw him slide over the line.
Widnes responded positively but failed to break the Welshmen's' defence and it was they who got the next points as Gareth Dean barged his way through, Mark Lennon adding the conversion.
Scott Yates went in at the corner for Vikings who then suffered a killer blow when a kick from Jace van Dijk was plucked out of the air by Anthony Blackwood, giving Lennon an easy conversion and the Crusaders a 16-4 interval lead.
Bob Beswick went over for Widnes and Lee Paterson narrowed the gap to two points but Gavin Dodd's conversion hit the post and bounced out as the visitors held on.
In National League Two, two tries from Corey Lawrie helped leaders Doncaster to a hard-fought 21-14 victory over second-placed Keighley Cougars.
Keighley scored first through Simon Bissell before tries from Lawrie and Luke Gale turned the tables.
Keighley levelled at 12-12 through Richard Knight but the Dons sealed a deserved win when Lawrie forced his way over again.
Barrow Raiders made it four wins from four with a 27-22 victory over Gateshead Thunder.
Both sides ran in four tries, impressive full-back Stuart Kain scoring in each half for Gateshead while Barrow centre Liam Harrison touched down twice.
Oldham preserved their unbeaten Boundary Park record this season with a 24-14 victory over Rochdale Hornets.
Tommy Goulden, Rob Roberts and Danny Halliwell scored for Oldham with Mick Nanyn adding four penalties and two conversions.
Alex Brown and Chris Campbell went over for the Hornets with Carl Sneyd scoring two penalty goals and a conversion.
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