Super League Table 2014: Latest Standings, Results and Updated Fixtures

St Helens remain top of the Super League table despite Wigan's 45-4 Thursday thrashing of Salford, which moved the Warriors back into second spot.

Saints have the opportunity to put themselves four points clear of old rivals Wigan if they can beat Hull FC on Friday, but Leeds are also just two points back and face lowly Bradford in Round 23.

Elsewhere, fourth-placed Castleford face a theoretically easy task against already-relegated London Broncos, while Warrington take on Catalan Dragons in a fine matchup.

Let's take a look at the current standings and updated fixtures with most of Round 23 still left to play.

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
1	St Helens	22	17	0	5	703	460	34
2	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	765	365	32
3	Leeds Rhinos	22	15	2	5	598	303	32
4	Castleford Tigers	22	14	2	6	676	449	30
5	Warrington Wolves	22	14	0	8	636	421	28
6	Huddersfield Giants	22	13	2	7	642	526	28
7	Catalan Dragons	22	11	1	10	581	583	23
8	Widnes Vikings	22	10	1	11	507	629	21
9	Hull KR	22	9	2	11	547	545	20
10	Wakefield Wildcats	22	9	1	12	441	600	19
11	Salford Red Devils	23	8	1	14	474	599	17
12	Hull FC	22	7	2	13	526	483	16
13	Bradford Bulls	22	5	0	17	382	842	4
14	London Broncos	22	0	0	22	314	987	0

Date	Time	Fixture
July 31	8 p.m. BST	Wigan Warriors 45-4 Salford Red Devils
Aug. 1	8 p.m. BST	Hull FC vs. St Helens
Aug. 1	8 p.m. BST	Leeds Rhinos vs. Bradford Bulls
Aug. 1	9 p.m. BST	Catalan Dragons vs. Warrington Wolves
Aug. 3	3 p.m. BST	Wakefield Wildcats vs. Huddersfield Giants
Aug. 3	3 p.m. BST	Widnes Vikings vs. Hull KR
Aug. 3	3.30 p.m. BST	Castleford Tigers vs. London Broncos

Salford Play-Off Hopes Slim

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Defending Super League champions Wigan did Salford absolutely no favours as they pummelled the Red Devils on Thursday, Anthony Gelling scoring a hat-trick in the process.

Salford remain four points from a play-off spot with four games remaining, and all the other potential contenders have a game in hand, including eighth-placed Widnes.

Sitting in 11th position, they will likely have to win all of their remaining games, although three of those four are against play-off rivals Widnes and Wakefield as well as London Broncos.

However, they face a tough task to reach the play-offs, and if results don't go their way this weekend, Salford's season could effectively be over.

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Wigan coach Shaun Wane was mighty impressed with the way his side responded after last week's shock loss to relegated Bradford, per Sky Sports:

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I'm really proud. It's been a real tough week, probably our toughest and most honest since I've been head coach and they responded well. It was a very satisfying win. We wanted to stand up and be aggressive and we were. We were pretty ruthless.

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Wigan will hope to finish the season well and are still very much in with a shout of topping the table ahead of the play-offs, but they must also make sure they get a top-four finish.

Saints' Injury Worries

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Table-toppers St Helens have a whole host of injury concerns ahead of Friday's clash with Hull FC as they look to finish the season strongly and maintain top position.

Australian scrum-half Luke Walsh is set for a lengthy layoff after a broken leg suffered in last week's win over Widnes, a huge blow per the Guardian's Andy Wilson:

Half-back Lance Hohaia, full-back Jonny Lomax and loose forward Jon Wilkin are also out for some time, leaving Saints short of men for the crucial closing stages of the regular season and potentially into the play-offs.

St Helens coach Nathan Brown is philosophical about the injury concerns, suggesting there is very little to be done about them, and he has set plans in place for the Hull game with Jordan Turner and Gary Wheeler set to fill in the half-back positions, per Sky Sports:

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At the moment that would appear to be our best, most stable, option. They both played there last week. Gary has played a number of games earlier in the year in that position and Jordan has filled in a couple of times this year and done a great job. He's also played there a number of times for Hull.

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Hull FC are unlikely to pose Saints much of a threat having endured something of a barren run in terms of victories of late, their last win coming in early June.

However, a late-August meeting with Leeds Rhinos could prove more of a challenge. The two sides are likely to be challenging for top spot with only two regular-season games remaining.