Richie Mathers scored a 50-metre touchdown on his debut as Wigan recorded a 42-18 victory at Widnes in their final pre-season friendly.

The former Leeds full-back, who joined the Warriors from Gold Coast Titans in Australia, showed no ill-effects from a second serious knee injury to give an assured display as the Warriors completed their preparations for their engage Super League opener at Harlequins in a fortnight.

Hull defeated Doncaster 52-10 at the Keepmoat Stadium but were rocked by another injury scare.

Coach Peter Sharp has already lost nine first-team players to injury during the off-season and saw Great Britain centre Kirk Yeaman leave the field here after just 14 minutes.

Yeaman, who scored the first of Hull's nine tries, hurt himself in a tackle with Darren Woods and spent the rest of the game on the sidelines with his arm in a sling.

Wakefield overcame a spirited challenge from derby rivals Featherstone 38-28 to achieve their fourth successive pre-season victory.

Peter Fox registered a debut hat-trick as a new-look Hull KR line-up saw off the challenge of Castleford 22-10 at Craven Park.

Rovers paraded eight newcomers in their only pre-season friendly, and apart from the inclusion of Shaun Briscoe - who had moved across the city from Hull FC - it was winger Fox who caught the eye along with centre Jake Webster.

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