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Wolfpack advance with big win in Ladbrokes Challenge Cup

Liam Kay scored three tries while Ryan Brierley had one and eight conversions as the Toronto Wolfpack advanced to the fifth round of the rugby Ladbrokes Challenge Cup with a convincing 56-6 win over Kells ARLFC on Friday.

Liam Kay leads the way with 3 tries for Toronto rugby squad

Liam Kay, seen above carrying the ball forward in a previous match, scored three tries in the Toronto Wolfpack's win over Kells ARLFC in the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup in Whitehaven, United Kingdom on Friday. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Liam Kay scored three tries while Ryan Brierley had one and eight conversions as the Toronto Wolfpack advanced to the fifth round of the rugby Ladbrokes Challenge Cup with a convincing 56-6 win over Kells ARLFC on Friday.

Nick Rawsthorne added two tries for Toronto. Blake Wallace, Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e, Jonny Pownall and Andy Ackers scored the others.

Kay helped power the Wolfpack to a solid 24-6 half-time advantage with two tries. Wallace and Rawsthorne also had tries while Brierley added the converts.

Wallace opened the scoring before Kells ARLFC, an amateur side, had its only converted try of the game. But Toronto countered with Kay's two tries and another by Rawsthorne to open up a commanding 18-point advantage.

Laulu-Togaga'e, Kay, Rawsthorne, Pownall, Brierley and Ackers all scored second half-tries at the Recreation Ground to cement the victory for Toronto.

The Ladbrokes Challenge Cup is the longest-running rugby league competition with play beginning in 1896. It's a single-elimination event with the two remaining teams squaring off in the final at Wembley Stadium.