Wigan Warriors and Castleford Tigers impressed in the opening round of the Rugby League 9s last night with both teams winning all three of their fixtures.

Castleford beat Hull KR, Hull FC and Bradford Bulls in the festival at Craven Park in front of over 1,000 spectators. There were also two wins for Hull KR and one win for Bradford at this event.

The other east conference festival took place at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium in Wakefield and saw Leeds, Wakefield and Featherstone all win two games each.

Wigan Warriors triumphed over Widnes, Salford and Huddersfield Giants at the west conference festival in Huddersfield. Widnes picked up two victories and Salford one.

Meanwhile in the final opening festival at Derwent Park in Workington Cumbria chalked up the result of the night beating Warrington Wolves 8-0 to add to their victory over British Police. There were also two wins each for St Helens and Warrington Wolves.

Results:

East

Hull KR festival:
Hull KR 19-24 Castleford
Bradford 25-12 Hull KR
Castleford 24-8 Hull FC
Hull KR 24-16 Bradford
Bradford 8-22 Castleford
Hull KR 14-6 Hull FC

Wakefield festival:
Wakefield 19-4 Halifax
Featherstone 8-26 Leeds
Halifax 10-30 Leeds
Wakefield 12-16 Featherstone
Featherstone 22-20 Halifax
Wakefield 18-12 Leeds


West

Huddersfield festival:
Huddersfield 12-29 Salford
Widnes 16-34 Wigan
Salford 16-20 Wigan
Huddersfield 15-24 Widnes
Salford 15-18 Widnes
Huddersfield 26-33 Wigan

Workington festival:
Cumbria 16-18 St Helens
British Police 4-32 Warrington
St Helens 12-26 Warrington
Cumbria 30-10 British Police
St Helens 28-15 British Police
Cumbria 8-0 Warrington

Click here for the fixtures and here for the league table