FANTASTIC Phil Cantillon established a new world record as the Vikings cruised to their 10th successive victory with a 14-try romp against the lowly Lynx, writes Mark Farmer.

There is no great secret to Cantillons success - he has great pace off the mark, essential for the modern dummy-half and his anticipation and support play is in the Shaun Edwards class, enabling him to profit from any break his team-mates may make.

Added to that is his durability he rarely gets injured despite always being in the thick of the action when it comes to the defensive chores.

When he backed up Damian Munros break to race in for his third try after 25 minutes the Auto Quest Stadium rose to a man to acclaim his achievement and the ever-modest Cantillon was quick to reciprocate.

The game was over as a contest in the first 10 minutes with Widnes racing in to a 20-0 lead with tries from Liam Jones, Jason Demetriou, Shaun Richardson and Cantillons first with Jones landing a couple of conversions.

There were times in the match when the Vikings didnt look to have their minds fully on the task in hand but the frailty of the visitors defence was such that they were still able to puncture it at regular intervals.

By half-time Cantillon had his record, Richardson had netted a brace and Phil Coussons and Munro had also joined in the fun.

An interception try to Lynx standoff Paul Wilcox made the interval score 46-6.

To their credit, Chorley didnt throw in the towel and with better ball retention had a much larger say in proceedings after the break, when they managed to add further tries through substitute Warren Hendle and centre Stuart Dickinson.

The star of the second period for Widnes was centre Andy Craig who looked impressive as he crossed for a hat trick of tries on his home debut.

Steve Gee capped another destructive wide-running performance with a try eight minutes from time and right on the hooter Coussons notched his second as he from an astute chip-kick by Martin Crompton.

A slight worry for coach Neil Kelly may be that the weakness of the opposition in this and the Vikings remaining games will lead to a drop-off in intensity as they approach the play-offs, but an Oldham slip-up, which would give Widnes a home tie in the first round, would be ample compensation.

Craig Weston was pulled from the game at the 11th hour as a precaution to avoid exacerbating a niggling injury and although Jason Demetriou limped off in the first half, Kelly confirmed after the match it was nothing more than a knock on the shin.

Widnes: Munro (1t); Coussons (2t); Craig (3t); Demetriou (1t); Jones (1t, 8g); Agar, Watson; Long; Cantillon (3t); Hill; Gee (1t); Richardson (2t); Hodgkinson; Subs: Crompton; McKinney; Faimalo; Holgate.