Super League: Warrington Wolves 48-12 London Broncos

Warrington moved to the top of Super League on points difference as they scored nine tries in a thumping victory against London Broncos.

Winger Tom Lineham bagged a hat-trick as a fifth successive win put Wire level on points with St Helens.

Blake Austin also continued his hot scoring streak with a double while Josh Charnley, Jason Clark, Stefan Ratchford and Ryan Atkins also went over.

Nathan Mason and Matty Gee scored second-half tries for Broncos.

But there was never any chance of the Londoners avoiding a third defeat in a row.

Warrington's early dominance was underlined by their commanding 20-0 lead at half-time.

Half-back Austin took his tally to six tries in his past two games with two fine solo runs while he also set up Charnley's score with a deft long pass.

Broncos displayed plenty of neat approach play without ever threatening territory or points, and defeat means they remain second from bottom.

St Helens have the chance to regain top spot from Warrington when they travel to Catalans Dragons on Saturday but the two pacesetters will meet next Friday.

Warrington coach Steve Price:

"It was a professional job done - nine tries to two and a really dominant display by our lads. To score the number of points we did is always pleasing.

"We were forced to defend our try line heavily in the opening stages. We kept turning them away and it shows what kind of team we have.

"The defensive work we did from the inside was fantastic. We then started to build into the game and started to play some of the stuff we are capable of doing."

London coach Danny Ward:

"I thought it was one of the best games we've played all year, as mad as that sounds after being beaten by a decent score.

"I was really happy with how the boys went. We produced some of the best stuff we've done with the ball, and we defended pretty well.

"We had a lot of the ball early on and attacked well, which is how we've been training, asking the team to go out and enjoy themselves, express themselves. If we had taken a couple of other options we might have had a different outcome.

"But Warrington are a very good side and they defended everything we threw at them for most of the game and got us on the edges a couple or times and scored tries we've got to stop."

Warrington: Ratchford, Lineham, King, Atkins, Charnley, Austin, Patton, Hill, D Clark, Tasi, Currie, Livett, Philbin.

Interchanges: Murdoch-Masila, J. Clark, Walker, Davis.

London Broncos: Walker, Dixon, Morgan, Fleming, Williams, Smith, Meadows, Richards, Pelissier, Butler, Pitts, Gee, Lovell.

Interchanges: Battye, Mason, Ioane, Davies.

Referee: Jack Smith (RFL)