Saints Alliance 34 Castleford Alliance 22 A SECOND hat-trick of the season by Warren Barrow helped keep Saints' championship hopes alive in this entertaining mid-week clash.

Winger Warren took his tally to 25 at the top of the try chart, with the other Saints' touchdowns coming from Alan Cross, John Hamilton and Nick Camman, and Mark McCully kicked five goals.

Saints' forward John Stankevitch and Castleford stand-off Mark Spears were sent off following a brawl in the second half.

Saints Alliance: Giles; Kirkpatrick, McCully, Cross, W. Barrow; S. Barrow, Braddish; Leathem, Hamilton, Taylor, Holdstock, Stankevitch, Bennett. Substitutes Proudfoot, Cammann, Edwards. Howell.

Saints travel to Salford tomorrow night, Friday, in the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup, kick-off 8pm.

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