Qareqare hat-trick helps Castleford beat St Helens

Qareqare scores three as Castleford beat St HelensImage source, SWPIXImage caption, Jason Qareqare scored Castleford's first two tries and then completed his hat-trick after half-timeByPhil CartwrightBBC Sport journalistPublished4 minutes agoCommentsBetfred Super LeagueCastleford (10) 30Tries: Qareqare 3, Greacen, Golding Goals: Weaver 5St Helens (0) 10Tries: Murphy, Dagnall Goal: SailorJason Qareqare's hat-trick of tries helped Castleford Tigers impressively beat a below-par St Helens in Super League.Saints were bidding for a sixth straight Super League win, which would have taken them back to the top of the table in place of Leeds, who thrashed Huddersfield on Friday.However, they remain second on points difference after losing to a Castleford side that put in one of their best displays of the season so far.Tigers took a deserved 10-0 lead into half-time thanks to two well-taken tries by winger Qareqare and a Tom Weaver penalty.Brock Greacen extended the advantage and any momentum Saints gained from Lewis Murphy's reply was quickly halted when Qareqare completed his hat-trick from Castleford's next attacking set.Ashton Golding's score rounded off a fine afternoon for the hosts in the Yorkshire sunshine, with Owen Dagnall's late reply merely a consolation.The key spell in the match came either side of half-time, with Castleford scoring two of their five tries while Saints half-back Jack Welsby was in the sin bin following a late collision with Daejarn Asi.Castleford were already 4-0 up at that stage but had stretched their lead to 16 points by the time the visitors were back up to 13 players.While Castleford excelled to register back-to-back Super League wins, Saints struggled for fluency throughout and their disappointing afternoon was summed up by the period of play after Murphy's try.Dagnall failed to cleanly gather Weaver's bouncing kick-off, from which Qareqare grabbed his third try, and from the restart Tristan Sailor s...