Huddersfield showed enough attacking flair to underline their own play-off credentials in an enjoyable, high-quality contest, with the former Wigan wing Martin Aspinwall scoring a hat-trick.
The league's top scorer extended her season tally to eight with a perfect curling effort that went in off the far post for an apt finale to a high-quality contest.
Mark Williams, the world No2 and world champion in 2000 and 2003, became another surprise casualty in the Embassy World Championship when Ian McCulloch edged him out 13-12 in a high-quality contest last night.
Four of their last five games against the Lions have been settled by a score or less and the 1997 tour fixture, sandwiched between the first and second Tests, was a high-quality contest.
BBC Sport NI analyst Ryan Constable expects a high-quality contest between Ireland and Australia in Dublin, with plenty at stake for both sides.
Meanwhile, Bolton's Ashton and Essex-based Hedman produced a high-quality contest in the first match of the women's' competition.
Anderson overcame a spirited performance from world number 235 Jani Haavisto to beat the Finn 3-1 in a high-quality contest.
He became the 13th out of 16 seeds to go out at the York Barbican and was later joined by Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who lost a high-quality contest 6-4 against Joe Perry.
The Prix de Diane is the fourth of nine races, and while it offers the highest-quality contest of the day, the undercard holds some promise.
As Henderson says, these should be high-quality contests, with no questioning the commitment of the players involved to the cause they are representing, despite the lack of authenticity of their accents.
