ADAM Lawton scored a hat-trick for Vikings as they powered past Workington Town 70-18 in the Betfred Championship.
The fans turned out in their numbers, with an attendance of 3,623, despite the awful weather – with the first home game of the season being called ‘One for Walshy’ match day, to celebrate the life of former Viking Liam Walsh.
Danny Craven scores
Vikings were always in control and their other tries came from Holroyd, Davies, Wilde (2), Craven (2), Fozard, Fleming, Dupree.
Latron enjoyed this try below.
Widnes: Roby, Holroyd, Edge, Fleming, Ince, Craven, Smith,Baker, Fozard, Dupree, Davies, Wilde, Brown. Replacements: Lawton, Lyons, Bent, Doro.
Workington: Thomas, Clegg, Brown, Bickerdike, Teare, Doran, Forber, Fitzsimmons, Simons, Lightowler, Steele, Barnes,Thomson. Replacements: Dawson, Clarke, Hutchings, O'Donnell.
All pictures: Richard Walker
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