Super League: Warrington Wolves 34-6 Hull FC - Seventh win extends leaders' 100% record

Super League leaders Warrington were ruthless in recording a seventh consecutive win as they crushed Hull FC, who have now lost their past five.

The damage was done in a full-throttle first half with home tries from Matty Ashton, Peter Mata'utia, Ben Currie, Matt Dufty and Josh Drinkwater.

Hull were toothless in the first 40 but improved to avoid being kept scoreless by ex-Wire hooker Brad Dwyer's try.

But Matty Nicholson's score restored Warrington's complete control.

Daryl Powell's side provided further evidence why they are leading the pack this season, particularly in a superb opening half.

Melding an explosive, powerful pack to a devastating back division has been a weapon teams have struggled to stop - as full-back Dufty, winger Ashton and playmaker George Williams terrorised the Black and Whites at times with pace and sharpness.

Ashton outstripped Davy Litten to chase a cute Williams kick to the corner and score, while Dufty frequently hit holes through the cover and backed up his half-back to claim his try.

Mata'utia's score came following a series of raids by the Wire's impressive pack - with Paul Vaughan maintaining his outstanding start to make inroads.

The wide-running Currie and Nicholson were also influential, both scoring tries from clever play by probing the space just off the halves' shoulders.

Hull's porous defence has seen them concede over 200 points already this season, albeit they rallied in the second half to make it more competitive.

Tony Smith will be mystified as to why a pack containing talent such as Chris Satae, Brad Fash and Danny Houghton was left floundering so brutally at times in the opening period, in the face of Vaughan, Thomas Mikaele and company.

Tex Hoy and Jake Clifford have shown promise as an attacking combination since reuniting from Newcastle Knights, but both fell off tackles to allow Drinkwater to saunter through for his try.

There was improvement after the break as they limited the hosts to just six points, but they butchered several chances through poor execution, such as Clifford's forward pass in a good position and a knock-on from a tap-back attempt by Litten.

Dwyer's score, a trademark plunge, was one of few moments to cheer for a strong contingent of Hull fans after a long morning jaunt across the M62.

Warrington boss Daryl Powell:

"Some of the things we did in the first half were class and our try-line defence was pretty good.

"I think it's great when you know your team can go bang bang and score points and sometimes I would like us to be a bit more ruthless but that's an evolution of this team which we will keep working on.

"I thought our second half was disappointing in general and we were pretty loose in general, we played like the game was won and they stepped up and improved.

"But it's probably a good thing for us, sometimes you need a smack on the nose to straighten you up again and if we had racked up 60 or 70 points it wouldn't have been ideal going into the next few games we are going to be faced with."

Hull FC head coach Tony Smith told BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra:

"An understatement, 28-0 down was a tough first half, not only tough but not very pleasant to watch nor pleasant to play in. We had discussions at the break, and it wasn't ranting and raving. We had to go out there and right some of those wrongs, and we did that to a certain degree.

"But it's all well and good to start at 28-0 down to try rectify things that need to be rectified from the start.

"I'm not too focused about the derby [against Hull KR on Friday] at the moment. Plainly we've got to be better next week, but without having the review of this. There were some things that just weren't good enough. We were doing a job for three plays and then we'd drop off and our kicking game hurt us with the seven-tackle plays."

Warrington: Dufty; Russell, Minikin, Ratchford, Ashton; Williams, Drinkwater; Mikaele, Walker, Vaughan, Currie, Nicholson, Mata'utia

Interchanges: Philbin, Thewlis, Dudson, Thomas [Whitehead]

Hull FC: Hoy; Litten, Tuimavave, Sutcliffe, Swift; Lovodua, Clifford; Taylor, Houghton, Satae, Savelio, Griffin, Fash

Interchanges: Lane, Cator, Evans, Dwyer [Staveley]

Referee: Aaron Moore